...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." .' Yon laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...detained there nearly four months by illness, most of the time confined to the house. I have been upwards of two months in England, [he writes to his brother...

...say, he had never doubted, it is that he gave the concluding touch to it, sitting on a grave stone in Lillington churchyard close by- Leamington, while...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman.1' Mr. Irving had intended but a short visit to the residence of his sister at Birmingham,...

...came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view " ; "you hiugh, but it is true. I have kept that to myself hitherto, but that man has found me out."* Irving knew full well that the humorous must have a serious undertone in order to its greatest power...

...came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view" ; "you laugh, but it is true. I have kept that to myself hitherto, but that man has found me out."* Irving knew full well that the humorous must have a serious undertone in order to its greatest power...

...from time to time reading the manuscript to me. We loitered some days in this classic neighborhood, visiting Warwick and Kenilworth ; and by the time...detained there nearly four months by illness, most of the time confined to the house. I have been upwards of two months in England, [he writes to his brother...

...and gifted with the warmest affections ; the most delightful and 1 1 was once [says his biographer] reading aloud in his presence a very flattering review...He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional fits of melancholy,...

...and gifted with the warmest affections; the most delightful and 1 I was once [says his biographer] reading aloud in his presence a very flattering review...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentkman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional fits...

...with the warmest affections ; the most delightful and 1 1 was once [says his biographer] reading alond in his presence a very flattering review of his works,...He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional fits of melancholy,...

...had written, of which from the first, as I have heard him say, he had never doubted, it is that lie gave the concluding touch to it, sitting on a grave-stone...detained there nearly four months by illness, most of the time confined to the house. I have been upwards of two months in England, [he writes to his brother...

...like a full river in sunshine, — bright, easy, and abundant." 1 " I was once [says his biographer] reading aloud in his presence a very flattering review...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout GeatkThose were pleasant days at Dresden, filled up with the society of bright and warm-hearted people,...