Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of «THE COMPLETE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT. (With Original Illustrations)» This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. Table of Contents The Voyage Roscoe The Wife Rip van Winkle English Writers on America Rural Life in England The Broken Heart The Art of Book-making A Royal Poet The Country Church The Widow and Her Son A Sunday in London The Boar's Head Tavern, Eastcheap The Mutability of Literature Rural Funerals The Inn Kitchen The Spectre Bridegroom Westminster Abbey Christmas The Stage Coach Christmas Eve Christmas Day The Christmas Dinner London Antiques Little Britain Stratford-on-Avon Traits of Indian Character Philip of Pokanoket John Bull The Pride of The Village The Angler The Legend of Sleepy Hollow L'Envoy
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Washington Irving. The Complete Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (With Original Illustrations)
The Complete Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (With Original Illustrations)
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THE SKETCHBOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT
PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
THE AUTHOR’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF
THE VOYAGE
ROSCOE
THE WIFE
RIP VAN WINKLE
ENGLISH WRITERS ON AMERICA
RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND
THE BROKEN HEART
THE ART OF BOOK-MAKING
A ROYAL POET
THE COUNTRY CHURCH
THE WIDOW AND HER SON
A SUNDAY IN LONDON
THE BOAR’S HEAD TAVERN, EASTCHEAP
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE
A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
RURAL FUNERALS
THE INN KITCHEN
THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CHRISTMAS
THE STAGECOACH
CHRISTMAS EVE
CHRISTMAS DAY
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
LONDON ANTIQUES
LITTLE BRITAIN
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
TRAITS OF INDIAN CHARACTER
PHILIP OF POKANOKET
AN INDIAN MEMOIR
JOHN BULL
THE PRIDE OF THE VILLAGE
THE ANGLER
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
L’ENVOY.*
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Washington Irving
THE VOYAGE
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Poor Leslie was overcome. — He caught her to his bosom — he folded his arms round her — he kissed her again and again — he could not speak, but the tears gushed into his eyes; and he has often assured me, that though the world has since gone prosperously with him, and his life has, indeed, been a happy one, yet never has he experienced a moment of more exquisite felicity.
There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. He looked in vain for the sage Nicholas Vedder, with his broad face, double chin, and fair long pipe, uttering clouds of tobacco-smoke, instead of idle speeches; or Van Bummel, the schoolmaster, doling forth the contents of an ancient newspaper. In place of these, a lean, bilious-looking fellow, with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing, vehemently about rights of citizens-elections — members of Congress — liberty — Bunker’s hill — heroes of seventy-six-and other words, which were a perfect Babylonish jargon to the bewildered Van Winkle.
