Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... Dutch and the English residents , though the Irvings seem to have been on terms of intimacy with the best of both nationalities . The habits of living were primitive ; the manners were agreeably free ; conviviality at the table was the ...
... Dutch and the English residents , though the Irvings seem to have been on terms of intimacy with the best of both nationalities . The habits of living were primitive ; the manners were agreeably free ; conviviality at the table was the ...
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... Dutch rulers , and so far was the covert humor carried that it was dedicated to the New York Historical Society . Its success was far beyond Irving's expectation . It met with almost universal acclaim . It is true that some of the old Dutch ...
... Dutch rulers , and so far was the covert humor carried that it was dedicated to the New York Historical Society . Its success was far beyond Irving's expectation . It met with almost universal acclaim . It is true that some of the old Dutch ...
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Charles Dudley Warner. and even the Dutch critics were erelong disarmed by the absence of all malice in the gigantic humor of the composition . One of the first foreigners to recognize the power and humor of the book was Walter Scott ...
Charles Dudley Warner. and even the Dutch critics were erelong disarmed by the absence of all malice in the gigantic humor of the composition . One of the first foreigners to recognize the power and humor of the book was Walter Scott ...
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Charles Dudley Warner. most characteristic Dutch stories , and the " Stout Gentleman , " one of his daintiest and most artistic bits of restrained humor.1 Irving sought relief from his malady by an extended tour in Germany . He so ...
Charles Dudley Warner. most characteristic Dutch stories , and the " Stout Gentleman , " one of his daintiest and most artistic bits of restrained humor.1 Irving sought relief from his malady by an extended tour in Germany . He so ...
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... Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a toast , having come out of one such encounter with fair credit , did not care to tempt Providence further . The thought of making a dinner - table speech threw him ...
... Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a toast , having come out of one such encounter with fair credit , did not care to tempt Providence further . The thought of making a dinner - table speech threw him ...
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