...addressing myself to the feeling and fancy of the reader, more than to his judgment. My writings, therefore, may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...only to blow a flute accompaniment in the national conp ert, and leave others to play the fiddle and French horn. I shall endeavor to follow this first...

...addressing myself to the feeling and fancy of the reader, more than to his judgment. My writings, therefore, may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...the national concert, and leave others to play the riddle and French horn. I shall endeavor to follow this first number by a second, as soon as possible...

...and he proved his good sense by not trying to achieve what was beyond him. " My writings," he said, " may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...to which they belong, it is all to which I aspire." His genius was that of the sketcher rather than the painter; but it was a true and virile genius, and...

...politics in the youthful Republic, is thus indicated in a sentence. ' ' My writings, ' ' he said, " may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...to which they belong, it is all to which I aspire." Considering his scanty and fitful education, and above all his delicate health, one may express surprise...

...politics in the youthful Republic, is thus indicated in a sentence. ' ' My writings, ' ' he said, ' ' may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...to which they belong, it is all to which I aspire." Considering his scanty and fitful education, and above all his delicate health, one may express surprise...

...and he proved his good sense by not trying to achieve what was beyond him. " My writings," he said, " may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...to which they belong, it is all to which I aspire." His genius was that of the sketcher rather than the painter; but it was a true and virile genius, and...

...the feelings and fancy of the reader more than to his judgment. My writings may appear, therefore, light and trifling in our country of philosophers...belong, it is all to which I aspire in the work." These words show how distinctly Irving discerned his aim as a man-of-letters and how thoroughly he...

...to his judgment. My writings may appear therefore light & trifling in our country of philosophers & politicians — but if they possess merit in the class...I aspire in the work. I seek only to blow a flute of accompaniment in the national concert, and leave others to play the fiddle & French horn. I shall...

...the feelings and fancy of the reader more than to his judgment. My writings may appear, therefore, light and trifling in our country of philosophers...belong, it is all to which I aspire in the work." TLsse words show how distinctly Irving discerned his aim as a mau-of-letters and how thoroughly he...

...Irvings have retained the holly leaves. Irving did not try for great things. " My writings," he said, " may appear light and trifling in our country of philosophers...to which they belong, it is all to which I aspire." " Jonathan Oldstyle "— "Diedrich Knickerbocker " — " Geoffrey Crayon " — our beloved Washington...