Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... hands of the British occupants of the city , and both he and his wife did much to alle- viate the misery of the American prisoners . In this charitable ministry his wife , who possessed a rarely generous and sympathetic nature , was ...
... hands of the British occupants of the city , and both he and his wife did much to alle- viate the misery of the American prisoners . In this charitable ministry his wife , who possessed a rarely generous and sympathetic nature , was ...
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... hand on the boy's head and gave him his blessing . The touch could not have been more efficacious , though it might have lin- gered longer , if he had known he was pro- pitiating his future biographer . New York at the time of our ...
... hand on the boy's head and gave him his blessing . The touch could not have been more efficacious , though it might have lin- gered longer , if he had known he was pro- pitiating his future biographer . New York at the time of our ...
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... hand- some young man ; but what made Genoa seem like home to him was his intimacy . with a few charming families , among whom he mentions those of Mrs. Bird , Madame Gabriac , and Lady Shaftesbury . From the latter he experienced the ...
... hand- some young man ; but what made Genoa seem like home to him was his intimacy . with a few charming families , among whom he mentions those of Mrs. Bird , Madame Gabriac , and Lady Shaftesbury . From the latter he experienced the ...
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... hands and stilettos and pistols stuck in their waistbands . The pi- rates thoroughly ransacked the vessel , opened all the trunks and portmanteaus , but found little that they wanted except brandy and provisions . In releasing the ...
... hands and stilettos and pistols stuck in their waistbands . The pi- rates thoroughly ransacked the vessel , opened all the trunks and portmanteaus , but found little that they wanted except brandy and provisions . In releasing the ...
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... Spa , I am indebted to J. Carson Brevoort , Esq . , whose father was Irving's most intimate friend , and who told him that Irving had a hand in them . belles of New York whose charms of person and graces SOCIETY AND " SALMAGUNDI . " 51.
... Spa , I am indebted to J. Carson Brevoort , Esq . , whose father was Irving's most intimate friend , and who told him that Irving had a hand in them . belles of New York whose charms of person and graces SOCIETY AND " SALMAGUNDI . " 51.
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