Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn; The Althenaeum Press, 1878 - 157 pages |
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... ship between the author and the reader . " The main facts of his life should be given ; but the students should collect additional ones , and by means of them and of familiar talks by their teacher , there should be presented simply ...
... ship between the author and the reader . " The main facts of his life should be given ; but the students should collect additional ones , and by means of them and of familiar talks by their teacher , there should be presented simply ...
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... much practice in writing . We learn to skate by skating , and to write by writing . There is no other way . Boston School Document , No. 29 , 1877 . ( See page 157. ) THE SKETCH - BOOK . THE VOYAGE . 66 Ships xiv Suggestions to Teachers .
... much practice in writing . We learn to skate by skating , and to write by writing . There is no other way . Boston School Document , No. 29 , 1877 . ( See page 157. ) THE SKETCH - BOOK . THE VOYAGE . 66 Ships xiv Suggestions to Teachers .
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... Ships , ships , I will descrie you Amidst the main , I will come and try you , What you are protecting , And projecting , What's your end and aim . One goes abroad for merchandise and trading , Another stays to keep his country from ...
... Ships , ships , I will descrie you Amidst the main , I will come and try you , What you are protecting , And projecting , What's your end and aim . One goes abroad for merchandise and trading , Another stays to keep his country from ...
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... portion of the uppermost deck between the mainmast and mizzenmast , or between the mainmast and the stern ) . 5 Maintop . The top of the mainmast of a ship . clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some The Voyage . ( 3 )
... portion of the uppermost deck between the mainmast and mizzenmast , or between the mainmast and the stern ) . 5 Maintop . The top of the mainmast of a ship . clouds just peering above the horizon , fancy them some The Voyage . ( 3 )
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... ship ; the grampus slowly heaving his huge form above the surface ; or the ravenous shark , darting , like a spectre , through the blue waters . My imagina- tion would conjure 3 up all that I had heard or read of the watery world ...
... ship ; the grampus slowly heaving his huge form above the surface ; or the ravenous shark , darting , like a spectre , through the blue waters . My imagina- tion would conjure 3 up all that I had heard or read of the watery world ...
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Page 109 - Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on; a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Page 105 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky ; but sometimes, when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Page 40 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.
Page 120 - Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible.
Page 150 - Since ghost there is none to affright thee. Let not the dark thee cumber ; What though the moon does slumber? The stars of the night Will lend thee their light, Like tapers clear without number.
Page 123 - It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order ; and, having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit what he came there for, and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but m'erely came there in search of some of his neighbors, who used to keep about the tavern. " Well — who are they ?— name them.
Page 121 - Hill, heroes of seventy-six, and other words, which were a perfect Babylonish jargon to the bewildered Van Winkle. The appearance of Rip, with his long grizzled beard, his rusty fowling-piece, his uncouth dress, and an army of women and children at his heels, soon attracted the attention of the tavern politicians.
Page 35 - Not far from this village, perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley or rather lap of land among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail or tapping of a woodpecker is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquillity.
Page 80 - As he approached the stream his heart began to thump; he summoned up, however, all his resolution, gave his horse half a score of kicks in the ribs, and attempted to dash briskly across the bridge; but instead of starting forward, the perverse old animal made a lateral movement, and ran broadside against the fence. Ichabod, whose fears increased with the delay, jerked the reins on the other side, and kicked lustily with the contrary foot. It was all in vain; his steed started, it is true, but it...
Page 65 - It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air ; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory...