he rejoiced to find her still alive; and, though her husband was of a hostile house, yet, thank Heaven! he was not a goblin.
The feast went on merrily, or at least noisily, for the guests were all blessed with those keen appetites that attend upon light purses and mountain air.
and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
On one side of the church extends a wide woody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge; the road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it, even in the daytime; but occasioned a fearful darkness at night.
His notable little wife, too, had enough to do to attend to her housekeeping and manage her poultry; for, as she sagely observed, ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.
His instrument was as old and battered as himself.
denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, a
