English Sketches, From "the Sketch Book,"
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Skryme is accustomed to say, " may go star-gazing, and look for conjunctions in the heavens, but here is a conjunction on the earth, near at home, and under our own eyes, which surpasses all the signs and calculations of astrol- ogers."' Since these portentous weather-cocks have thus laid 38 THE SKETCH BOOK.
their heads together, wonderful events had already occurred.
The good old king, notwithstanding that he had lived eighty- two years, had all at once given Tip the ghost; another king had mo...unted the throne; a royal duke had died suddenly — another, in France, had been murdered; there had been radical meetings in all parts of the kingdom; the bloody scenes at Man- chester; the great plot in Cato Street; — and, above all, the queen had returned to England! All these sinister events are recounted by Mr. Skryme, with a mysterious look, and a dismal shake of the head; and being taken with his drugs, and asso- ciated in the minds of his auditors with stuffed sea-monsters, bottled serpents, and his own visage, which is a title-page of tribulation, they have spread great gloom through the minds of the people of Little Britain.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Skryme is accustomed to say, " may go star-gazing, and look for conjunctions in the heavens, but here is a conjunction on the earth, near at home, and under our own eyes, which surpasses all the signs and calculations of astrol- ogers."' Since these portentous weather-cocks have thus laid 38 THE SKETCH BOOK.
their heads together, wonderful events had already occurred.
The good old king, notwithstanding that he had lived eighty- two years, had all at once given Tip the ghost; another king had mo...unted the throne; a royal duke had died suddenly — another, in France, had been murdered; there had been radical meetings in all parts of the kingdom; the bloody scenes at Man- chester; the great plot in Cato Street; — and, above all, the queen had returned to England! All these sinister events are recounted by Mr. Skryme, with a mysterious look, and a dismal shake of the head; and being taken with his drugs, and asso- ciated in the minds of his auditors with stuffed sea-monsters, bottled serpents, and his own visage, which is a title-page of tribulation, they have spread great gloom through the minds of the people of Little Britain.
What to read after English Sketches, From "the Sketch Book,"?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 to read onlineMoreLess
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