Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington IrvingC.B. Richardson, 1860 - 64 páginas |
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Página vii
... Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam ; or deterio- to steer clear of the realities ; though a venera- rated a whit the learned labors of O'Callaghan , ble clergyman , who was on the lookout for a who has illustrated the early Dutch annals ...
... Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam ; or deterio- to steer clear of the realities ; though a venera- rated a whit the learned labors of O'Callaghan , ble clergyman , who was on the lookout for a who has illustrated the early Dutch annals ...
Página xi
... Dutch tales of Dolph Heyliger and the Storm Ship , among the happiest passages of his genius , relieve the monotony of the English description . The winter of 1822 was passed by Mr. Irving at Dresden . He returned to Paris in 1823 , and ...
... Dutch tales of Dolph Heyliger and the Storm Ship , among the happiest passages of his genius , relieve the monotony of the English description . The winter of 1822 was passed by Mr. Irving at Dresden . He returned to Paris in 1823 , and ...
Página xxiii
... Dutch times . At this period of the year , Sunnyside generally presents a melancholy appearance , the trees be- ing almost entirely denuded of foliage , the dry leaves lying upon the walks and lawns , and the wind playing around the yet ...
... Dutch times . At this period of the year , Sunnyside generally presents a melancholy appearance , the trees be- ing almost entirely denuded of foliage , the dry leaves lying upon the walks and lawns , and the wind playing around the yet ...
Página xxv
... Dutch Church , which , ac- with Mr. Irving , he was expressing his interest in that glorious hymn of the Church , the Gloria in Excelsis ; and repeating the words , " Glory to God in the highest , on earth peace , and good - will to men ...
... Dutch Church , which , ac- with Mr. Irving , he was expressing his interest in that glorious hymn of the Church , the Gloria in Excelsis ; and repeating the words , " Glory to God in the highest , on earth peace , and good - will to men ...
Página xliii
... Dutch church , which is the mother of parents and dearest kindred , by the shadow also those who sleep in Jesus shall God bring of us all , without some recognition of his indi- of that old Dutch church , which is the mother with Him ...
... Dutch church , which is the mother of parents and dearest kindred , by the shadow also those who sleep in Jesus shall God bring of us all , without some recognition of his indi- of that old Dutch church , which is the mother with Him ...
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Página xlviii - and was startled by the roar of my own gun, as it broke the Sabbath stillness around, and was prolonged and reverberated by the angry echoes. If ever I should wish for a retreat whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remnant of a troubled life, I know of none
Página vii - small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker" etc., who had left his lodgings at the Columbian Hotel in Mulberry street ; then a statement that the old gentleman had left " a very curious kind of a written book in his room,
Página xvii - If ever I should wish for a retreat, whither I might steal from the world and its distractions, and dream quietly away the remainder of a troubled life, 1 know of none more promising than this little valley.
Página viii - York. I am sensible that, as a stranger to American parties and politics, I must lose much of the concealed satire of the piece; but I must own that, looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read any thing so closely resembling the stile of Dean Swift as the annals of
Página viii - Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate that the author possesses powers of a
Página xxiv - mine eyes shall behold, and not another. " We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath
Página xxiv - Behold the innumerable host Of angels clothed in light ; Behold the spirits of the just, Whose faith is changed to sight. Behold the blest assembly there, Whose names are writ in heaven ; Hear,
Página xlvi - 1 mio autore ; Tu se' solo colui da cui io tolsi Lo bello stile che in
Página xxxvi - Every reader has his first book. I mean to say, one book among all others, which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and satisfies the desires of his mind. To me this first book was the Sketch
Página xx - faith the bark that trusted to its waves. I gloried in its simple, quiet, majestic, epic flow, ever »straight forward, or, if forced aside for once by opposing mountains, struggling bravely through them, and resuming its onward march. Behold, thought I, an emblem of a good man's course through life, ever simple, open, and direct; or if,