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... Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington Irving - Página viiipor Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1860 - 64 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1852 - 498 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." 'Salmagundi,' which... | |
| 1852 - 398 páginas
...have never read any thing so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift, as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. Scott, and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughAt this... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1856 - 538 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling tbe style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of STERXE, I beg you will have the kindness... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1856 - 467 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of STERNE. I beg you will have the kindness... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1856 - 468 páginas
...of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these fuw evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. 8. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of STERNE. I beg you will have tho kindness... | |
| Washington Irving - 1858 - 450 páginas
...style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few eyenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and [he] has some touches which remind me much of Sterne. I beg you will... | |
| Edward Everett - 1860 - 28 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne. I beg you will have the kindness... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 408 páginas
...1 have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift, as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne. I beg you will have the kindness... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 896 páginas
...says, " I have been employed these few evenings in reading the -annals of 'Dcidrich Knickerbocker' aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests,...our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing." The next work of moment produced by Irving was the " Sketch-Hook,"written in London, and ! first published... | |
| William Harrison Ainsworth - 1863 - 514 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely ¿ore with laughing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate . . . powers of a different kind,... | |
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