Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... received a fair education in a classical school in his native city , and studied law , which he abandoned on the threshold . of practice , as Irving did , and for the same reason . He had the genuine literary im- pulse , which he obeyed ...
... received a fair education in a classical school in his native city , and studied law , which he abandoned on the threshold . of practice , as Irving did , and for the same reason . He had the genuine literary im- pulse , which he obeyed ...
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... received the rite of confirmation . The boy was full of vivacity , drollery , and innocent mischief . His sportiveness and disinclina- tion to religious seriousness gave his mother some anxiety , and she would look at him , says his ...
... received the rite of confirmation . The boy was full of vivacity , drollery , and innocent mischief . His sportiveness and disinclina- tion to religious seriousness gave his mother some anxiety , and she would look at him , says his ...
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... received in the best society , and the charm of his manner and his ingenuous nature made him every where a favorite . He car- ried that indefinable passport which society recognizes and which needs no visé . He saw the people who were ...
... received in the best society , and the charm of his manner and his ingenuous nature made him every where a favorite . He car- ried that indefinable passport which society recognizes and which needs no visé . He saw the people who were ...
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... received in the days of simplicity and literary dearth ; but the same wit , insight , and literary art , informed with the modern spirit and turned upon the follies and " whim - whams " of the metropolis , would doubtless have a great ...
... received in the days of simplicity and literary dearth ; but the same wit , insight , and literary art , informed with the modern spirit and turned upon the follies and " whim - whams " of the metropolis , would doubtless have a great ...
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... received only from the ladies of the city , and the traits of female goodness manifested then sunk deep into Irving's heart . With- out pretending , he says , to decide on Burr's innocence or guilt , " his situation is such as should ...
... received only from the ladies of the city , and the traits of female goodness manifested then sunk deep into Irving's heart . With- out pretending , he says , to decide on Burr's innocence or guilt , " his situation is such as should ...
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