He occupied his whole afternoon reading book

He occupied his whole afternoon reading book
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This collection of stories from Washington Irving includes some of America's best-known works of fiction-such as the famous Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-as well as lesser-known works as The Specter Bridegroom,Westminster Abbey,English Writers on America,Stratford on Avon,The Art of Bookmaking,The Mutability of Literature,and The Christmas Quintet.
素描书杰弗里蜡笔
by
Washington Irving华盛顿欧文
作者自叙
“I am of this mind with Homer,that as the snaile that crept out of her shel was turned eftsoons into a toad,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.“我这个头脑荷马,随着snaile说,悄悄从她的壳被拒绝eftsoons变成蟾蜍,从而*作出stoole坐在;因此,由这stragleth他owne国家在短的时间内转化成如此巨大的形状,他是faine来改变他的豪宅,他的举止,和生活在那里他可以,他将不会在那里.“ LYLY氏EUPHUES .
I WAS always fond of visiting new scenes,and observing strange characters and manners.我总是喜欢访问新的场景,并观察奇怪的字符和礼仪.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.即使仅仅是孩子,我开始我的旅行,并提出了许多旅行到国外发现部分和未知的区域我的城市,经常报警的我的父母,和薪酬镇,喊叫.As I grew into boyhood,I extended the range of my observations.正如我成长为少年时代,我把我的意见范围.My holiday afternoons were spent in rambles about the surrounding.