Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... kind of callowness and affectation which is not discernible in his foreign letters and journal . These social worthies had jolly suppers at the humble taverns of the city , and wilder revelries in an old country house on the Passaic ...
... kind of callowness and affectation which is not discernible in his foreign letters and journal . These social worthies had jolly suppers at the humble taverns of the city , and wilder revelries in an old country house on the Passaic ...
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... kind by rich . nabobs , he breaks out , " would be more pleasing in the sight of Heaven , and more to the glory and advantage of their coun- try , than building a dozen shingle church steeples , or buying a thousand venal votes at an ...
... kind by rich . nabobs , he breaks out , " would be more pleasing in the sight of Heaven , and more to the glory and advantage of their coun- try , than building a dozen shingle church steeples , or buying a thousand venal votes at an ...
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... kind- ness for poor which will stand in the way of her fortunes . I wish to God they were rich , and married , and happy ! " The business reverses which befell the Irving brothers , and which drove Washing- ton to the toil of the pen ...
... kind- ness for poor which will stand in the way of her fortunes . I wish to God they were rich , and married , and happy ! " The business reverses which befell the Irving brothers , and which drove Washing- ton to the toil of the pen ...
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... kind of a writ- ten book , which would be sold to pay his bills if he did not return . So skillfully was this managed that one of the city officials was on the point of offering a reward for the discov- ery of the missing Diedrich ...
... kind of a writ- ten book , which would be sold to pay his bills if he did not return . So skillfully was this managed that one of the city officials was on the point of offering a reward for the discov- ery of the missing Diedrich ...
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... kind , and has some touches which remind me of Sterne . " The book is indeed an original creation , and one of the few masterpieces of humor . In spontaneity , freshness , breadth of con- ception , and joyous vigor , it belongs to the ...
... kind , and has some touches which remind me of Sterne . " The book is indeed an original creation , and one of the few masterpieces of humor . In spontaneity , freshness , breadth of con- ception , and joyous vigor , it belongs to the ...
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