Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... genius the reproach of bar- barism " which the English nation had suffered from all its neighbors . Only re- cently has the study of him by English scholars - I do not refer to the verbal squabbles over the text - been propor- tioned to ...
... genius the reproach of bar- barism " which the English nation had suffered from all its neighbors . Only re- cently has the study of him by English scholars - I do not refer to the verbal squabbles over the text - been propor- tioned to ...
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... devoted their genius to pol- itics . It is in the political writings imme- diately preceding and following the Revolu- tion- such as those of Hamilton , Madison , - Jay , Franklin , Jefferson that the new birth PRELIMINARY . 9.
... devoted their genius to pol- itics . It is in the political writings imme- diately preceding and following the Revolu- tion- such as those of Hamilton , Madison , - Jay , Franklin , Jefferson that the new birth PRELIMINARY . 9.
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... and promising career , we should not forget to recall the strong impression he made upon his contemporaries as a man of genius , the testimony to the charm of his conversation and the goodness of his heart PRELIMINARY . 15.
... and promising career , we should not forget to recall the strong impression he made upon his contemporaries as a man of genius , the testimony to the charm of his conversation and the goodness of his heart PRELIMINARY . 15.
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... unfruitful it was , it was not the legitimate heir of the broad and eclectic genius of Irving . The nature of that gen- ius we shall see in his life . CHAPTER II . BOYHOOD . WASHINGTON IRVING was born in 20 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... unfruitful it was , it was not the legitimate heir of the broad and eclectic genius of Irving . The nature of that gen- ius we shall see in his life . CHAPTER II . BOYHOOD . WASHINGTON IRVING was born in 20 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... genius ; he discovered his own power ; his career was determined ; thereafter it was only a ques- tion of energy or necessity . - In the summer of 1808 there were printed at Ballston - Spa - then the resort of fashion and the arena of ...
... genius ; he discovered his own power ; his career was determined ; thereafter it was only a ques- tion of energy or necessity . - In the summer of 1808 there were printed at Ballston - Spa - then the resort of fashion and the arena of ...
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