Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington IrvingC.B. Richardson, 1860 - 64 páginas |
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Página iii
... SOCIETY ............ . 26 .. 28 29 REMARKS OF THE HON . LUTHER Bradish . ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT KING . ADDRESS OF MR . GEORGE BANCROFT . CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTon Irving , the ADDRESS OF DR . JOHN W. FRANCIS . VI . PROCEEDINGS OF THE ...
... SOCIETY ............ . 26 .. 28 29 REMARKS OF THE HON . LUTHER Bradish . ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT KING . ADDRESS OF MR . GEORGE BANCROFT . CHARACTERISTICS OF WASHINGTon Irving , the ADDRESS OF DR . JOHN W. FRANCIS . VI . PROCEEDINGS OF THE ...
Página vi
... society , and in lated , by the way , an abiding stock of impres- the society of several artists with whom he had sions , which lingered in his mind , and furnished made me acquainted , and pictured forth a scheme ever fresh material ...
... society , and in lated , by the way , an abiding stock of impres- the society of several artists with whom he had sions , which lingered in his mind , and furnished made me acquainted , and pictured forth a scheme ever fresh material ...
Página vii
... Society , in an address before which titled " A Picture of New York . " In emulation body it was gravely held up to reprehension . of an historical account in that production , it The truth of the matter is that the historians was to ...
... Society , in an address before which titled " A Picture of New York . " In emulation body it was gravely held up to reprehension . of an historical account in that production , it The truth of the matter is that the historians was to ...
Página ix
... society is courted next year , he sailed for Liverpool in the month by the most polished and enlightened , among whom he is calculated to shine , yet his chief delight is in domestic life , in the practice of those gentle virtues and ...
... society is courted next year , he sailed for Liverpool in the month by the most polished and enlightened , among whom he is calculated to shine , yet his chief delight is in domestic life , in the practice of those gentle virtues and ...
Página x
... society in the metropolis . Moore's Diary at this period abounds with pleas- ant glimpses of Irving in these social scenes in Paris - at the dinner - parties of London , in com- pany with his intimates , Kenney the dramatist and Newton ...
... society in the metropolis . Moore's Diary at this period abounds with pleas- ant glimpses of Irving in these social scenes in Paris - at the dinner - parties of London , in com- pany with his intimates , Kenney the dramatist and Newton ...
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Abbotsford acquaintance Addison ADDRESS Allston American anecdote appeared Astor Astor Library ATHENÆUM CLUB beauty Brevoort career character charm church Columbus Creighton death deceased delight dinner Dutch early England English fame feel funeral genial genius Geoffrey Crayon GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE Goldsmith grace Granada grave heart HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN honor Hudson humor ICHABOD CRANE interest Irving pointed Irving's kind Knickerbocker labors land late letter literary literature living London look loved memory mind Moore mourning N. P. WILLIS native nature never occasion Passaic passed peculiar poet published remarked replied residence resolutions Rip Van Winkle scene Sketch Book Sleepy Hollow Society Spain speak spirit style Sunnyside Tarrytown taste THEODORE TILTON thought tion took tribute Walter Scott Washington Irving William words writings written York youth
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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,