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Washington Irving. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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THE SKETCH-BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT
Original. PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
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THE SKETCH BOOK
Original. THE AUTHOR’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF
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Original. THE VOYAGE
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Original. ROSCOE
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Original. THE WIFE
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Original. RIP VAN WINKLE
A POSTHUMOUS WRITING OF DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER
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Original. ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA
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Original. RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND
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Original. THE BROKEN HEART
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Original. THE ART OF BOOK-MAKING
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Original. A ROYAL POET
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Original. THE COUNTRY CHURCH
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Original. THE WIDOW AND HER SON
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A SUNDAY IN LONDON.*
THE BOAR’S HEAD TAVERN, EASTCHEAP
A SHAKESPEARIAN RESEARCH
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE
A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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RURAL FUNERALS
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THE INN KITCHEN
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Original. THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM
A TRAVELLER’S TALE.*
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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Original. CHRISTMAS
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THE STAGE-COACH
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CHRISTMAS EVE
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CHRISTMAS DAY
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THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
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LONDON ANTIQUES
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LITTLE BRITAIN
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TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER
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PHILIP OF POKANOKET
AN INDIAN MEMOIR
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JOHN BULL
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE
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THE ANGLER
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Original. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
(FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.)
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Washington Irving
Published by Good Press, 2019
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I am of this mind with Homer, that as the snaile that crept out of her shel was turned eftsoones into a toad I and thereby was forced to make a stoole to sit on; so the traveller that stragleth from his owne country is in a short time transformed into so monstrous a shape, that he is faine to alter his mansion with his manners, and to live where he can, not where he would.—LYLY’S EUPHUES.
I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument of the town crier. As I grew into boyhood, I extended the range of my observations. My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding country. I made myself familiar with all its places famous in history or fable. I knew every spot where a murder or robbery had been committed, or a ghost seen. I visited the neighboring villages, and added greatly to my stock of knowledge, by noting their habits and customs, and conversing with their sages and great men. I even journeyed one long summer’s day to the summit of the most distant hill, whence I stretched my eye over many a mile of terra incognita, and was astonished to find how vast a globe I inhabited.
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