Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... poems , that sets the world agog , and quite daunts him , so that he throws by his pen in despair . ' I pointed out the essential difference in their kinds of poetry , and the quali- ties which insured perpetuity to that of her hus ...
... poems , that sets the world agog , and quite daunts him , so that he throws by his pen in despair . ' I pointed out the essential difference in their kinds of poetry , and the quali- ties which insured perpetuity to that of her hus ...
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... poems are mere cairngorms , wrought up , perhaps , with a cun- ning hand , and may pass well in the market as long as cairngorms are the fashion ; but they are mere Scotch pebbles , after all . Now , Tom Camp- bell's are real diamonds ...
... poems are mere cairngorms , wrought up , perhaps , with a cun- ning hand , and may pass well in the market as long as cairngorms are the fashion ; but they are mere Scotch pebbles , after all . Now , Tom Camp- bell's are real diamonds ...
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... poems that he carried about in his head , and the engaging sight of Irving playing the flute for the little Van Warts to dance . During the holidays Irving paid another visit to the haunts of Isaac Walton , and his - description of the ...
... poems that he carried about in his head , and the engaging sight of Irving playing the flute for the little Van Warts to dance . During the holidays Irving paid another visit to the haunts of Isaac Walton , and his - description of the ...
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... poem is just out . I have not sent it to you , for it is dear and worthless . It is written in the most effeminate taste , and fit only to delight boarding - school girls and lads of nineteen just in their first loves . Moore should ...
... poem is just out . I have not sent it to you , for it is dear and worthless . It is written in the most effeminate taste , and fit only to delight boarding - school girls and lads of nineteen just in their first loves . Moore should ...
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... poems of Horace . You must not ask more of them than that . This attitude toward life is defensible on the highest grounds . A man with Irving's gifts has the right to take the position of an observer and describer , and not to be ...
... poems of Horace . You must not ask more of them than that . This attitude toward life is defensible on the highest grounds . A man with Irving's gifts has the right to take the position of an observer and describer , and not to be ...
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