Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... natural if in such a time of confusion the calm tones of unexaggerated literary art should be not so much heeded as the more strident voices . Yet when the passing fashion of this day is succeeded by the fashion of another , that which ...
... natural if in such a time of confusion the calm tones of unexaggerated literary art should be not so much heeded as the more strident voices . Yet when the passing fashion of this day is succeeded by the fashion of another , that which ...
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... nature of government , in respect to originality and vigor , we must go back to classic times . But literature , that is , literature which is an end in itself and not a means to some- thing else , did not exist in America be- fore ...
... nature of government , in respect to originality and vigor , we must go back to classic times . But literature , that is , literature which is an end in itself and not a means to some- thing else , did not exist in America be- fore ...
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... natural that such reveries should produce morbid romances . tone of them is that of the unwholesome fiction of his time , in which the " seducer " is a prominent and recognized character in social life , and female virtue is the frail ...
... natural that such reveries should produce morbid romances . tone of them is that of the unwholesome fiction of his time , in which the " seducer " is a prominent and recognized character in social life , and female virtue is the frail ...
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... unfruitful it was , it was not the legitimate heir of the broad and eclectic genius of Irving . The nature of that gen- ius we shall see in his life . CHAPTER II . BOYHOOD . WASHINGTON IRVING was born in 20 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... unfruitful it was , it was not the legitimate heir of the broad and eclectic genius of Irving . The nature of that gen- ius we shall see in his life . CHAPTER II . BOYHOOD . WASHINGTON IRVING was born in 20 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... nature , was especially zealous , supplying the prisoners with food from her own table , visiting those who were ill , and furnishing them with clothing and other necessaries . Washington was born in a house on Will- iam Street , about ...
... nature , was especially zealous , supplying the prisoners with food from her own table , visiting those who were ill , and furnishing them with clothing and other necessaries . Washington was born in a house on Will- iam Street , about ...
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