Sunday, October
27th, 2013
Foggy, rainy, with wind gusts beginning about 5 o'clock pm.
A good day to read
Washington Irving’s
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Washington
Irving (1783–1859).
Rip
Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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The
Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. 1917.
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"...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."
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| Autumn on the Hudson River Jasper Francis Cropsey 1860 |
If ever I should wish for a retreat,
whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none more promising than this little valley.
For illustrations from the book, see this site:
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