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Yet when the passing fashion of this day is succeeded by the fashion of another,
that which is most acceptable to the thought and feeling of the present may be
without an audience; and it may happen that few recent authors will be read as ...
Yet when the passing fashion of this day is succeeded by the fashion of another,
that which is most acceptable to the thought and feeling of the present may be
without an audience; and it may happen that few recent authors will be read as ...
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Perhaps there is no better illustration of the vigor and intellectual activity of the
age than a living English writer, who has traversed and illuminated almost every
province of modern thought, controversy, and scholarship ; but who supposes
that ...
Perhaps there is no better illustration of the vigor and intellectual activity of the
age than a living English writer, who has traversed and illuminated almost every
province of modern thought, controversy, and scholarship ; but who supposes
that ...
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He arrived at Avignon, full of enthusiasm at the thought of seeing the tomb of
Laura. “Judge of my surprise,” he writes, “my disappointment, and my indignation,
when I was told that the church, tomb, and all were utterly demolished in the time
of ...
He arrived at Avignon, full of enthusiasm at the thought of seeing the tomb of
Laura. “Judge of my surprise,” he writes, “my disappointment, and my indignation,
when I was told that the church, tomb, and all were utterly demolished in the time
of ...
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Of Mrs. Siddons, who was then old, he scarcely dares to give his impressions lest
he should be thought extravagant. “Her looks,” he says, “her voice, her gestures,
delighted me. She penetrated in a moment to my heart. She froze and melted it ...
Of Mrs. Siddons, who was then old, he scarcely dares to give his impressions lest
he should be thought extravagant. “Her looks,” he says, “her voice, her gestures,
delighted me. She penetrated in a moment to my heart. She froze and melted it ...
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These young gentlemen liked to be thought “sad dogs.” That they were less
abandoned than they pretended to be the sequel of their lives shows: among
Irving's associates at this time who attained honorable consideration were John
and ...
These young gentlemen liked to be thought “sad dogs.” That they were less
abandoned than they pretended to be the sequel of their lives shows: among
Irving's associates at this time who attained honorable consideration were John
and ...
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Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Washington Irving American men of letters series |
| Autor | Charles Dudley Warner |
| Editora | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original de | Universidade da Califórnia |
| Digitalizado | 8 Set 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 304 páginas |
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