 this " History of New York " over again, and I found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar length, I find that, unlike most of them, it carries forward...  Studies of Irving - Página 92por Charles Dudley Warner, George Palmer Putnam, William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 159 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 450 páginas
...found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar...he can no more help it than we can help laughing. Scott, in one of his letters, compared the humor of this work to that of Swift. The rich vein of Irving's... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 896 páginas
...found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar...without weariness or satiety, so unsought, spontaneous are the wit and the humor. The author makes us laugh because he can no more help it than we can help... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 890 páginas
...carries forward the reader to the conclusion without weariness or satiety, so unsought, spontaneous arc the wit and the humor. The author makes us laugh because...he can no more help it than we can help laughing." Shortly after its publication Mr. Henry Brevoort sent a copy to Sir Walter Scott, with whom he was... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1879 - 72 páginas
...discourse on the life, character, and genius of Irving, his admiration had not subsided. " When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar length," he said, " I find that, unlike most of them, it carries the reader to the conclusion without weariness... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 páginas
...discourse on the life, character, and genius of Irving, ñis admiration had not subsided. "When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar length," he said, "I find that, unlike most of them, it carries the reader to the conclusion without weariness... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 358 páginas
...discourse on the life, character, and genius of Irving, his admiration had not subsided. "When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar length," he said, "I find that, unlike most of them, it carries the reader to the conclusion without weariness... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1884 - 450 páginas
...found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar...he can no more help it than we can help laughing. Scott, in one of his letters, compared the humor of this work to that of Swift. The rich vein of Irving's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1884 - 454 páginas
...found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar...he can no more help it than we can help laughing. Scott, in one of his letters, compared the humor of this work to that of Swift. The rich vein of Irving's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1889 - 460 páginas
...found myself no less delighted than when I first turned its pages in my early youth. When I compare it with other works of wit and humor of a similar...he can no more help it than we can help laughing. Scott, in one of his letters, compared the humor of this work to that of Swift. The rich vein of Irving's... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 496 páginas
...literature of the world. The humor of the book is irresistible. " The author makes us laugh," says Bryant, " because he can no more help it than we can help laughing." With such perfect art has'it been constructed that it has all the gravity of authentic narration; indeed... | |
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