Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington IrvingC.B. Richardson, 1860 - 64 páginas |
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Página vi
... land- scape , I drew in my mind a contrast between our different pursuits and prospects . He was to * Kindly contributed to “ The Cyclopedia of American Lit- erature . " 66 My lot in life , however , was differently cast . Doubts and ...
... land- scape , I drew in my mind a contrast between our different pursuits and prospects . He was to * Kindly contributed to “ The Cyclopedia of American Lit- erature . " 66 My lot in life , however , was differently cast . Doubts and ...
Página ix
... land , and to the Highlands of Scotland , and had the intention of visiting the continent . The commercial revulsions which followed the war overwhelmed the house with which he was con- nected , and he was thrown upon his resources as ...
... land , and to the Highlands of Scotland , and had the intention of visiting the continent . The commercial revulsions which followed the war overwhelmed the house with which he was con- nected , and he was thrown upon his resources as ...
Página xii
... land of idle ease and magical incantations , where new generations are constantly entertained with the unexhausted fable . " He loved " ( perhaps bet- . * An idle story of Irving in Italy appears at this time to have been circulated ...
... land of idle ease and magical incantations , where new generations are constantly entertained with the unexhausted fable . " He loved " ( perhaps bet- . * An idle story of Irving in Italy appears at this time to have been circulated ...
Página xiii
... land , having been appointed Secretary of Lega- tion to the American Embassy at London , when Mr. M'Lane was minister . He retired on the arrival of Mr. Van Buren . The University of Oxford conferred on him , in 1831 , the degree LL.D ...
... land , having been appointed Secretary of Lega- tion to the American Embassy at London , when Mr. M'Lane was minister . He retired on the arrival of Mr. Van Buren . The University of Oxford conferred on him , in 1831 , the degree LL.D ...
Página xiv
... land for publication , and at the same time , put a by a misapprehension of facts ; and that you copy in the press at New York . As this was my have been a little too eager to give an instance THE IRVING DINNER . of that ' plaindealing ...
... land for publication , and at the same time , put a by a misapprehension of facts ; and that you copy in the press at New York . As this was my have been a little too eager to give an instance THE IRVING DINNER . of that ' plaindealing ...
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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,