Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1881 - 304 páginas For fifty years Irving charmed and instructed the American people and was the author who held on the whole the first place in their affections. |
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... Peter and John had been sent to Columbia College , and it is probable that Washington would have had the same advantage if he had not shown a disinclination to methodical study . At the age of sixteen he entered a law office , but he ...
... Peter and John had been sent to Columbia College , and it is probable that Washington would have had the same advantage if he had not shown a disinclination to methodical study . At the age of sixteen he entered a law office , but he ...
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... Peter . The atten- tion that these audacious satires of the thea- tre , the actors , and their audience attracted is evidence of the literary poverty of the period . The letters are open imitations of the " Spectator " and the " Tatler ...
... Peter . The atten- tion that these audacious satires of the thea- tre , the actors , and their audience attracted is evidence of the literary poverty of the period . The letters are open imitations of the " Spectator " and the " Tatler ...
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... Peter Irving . The saving influence for all of them was the re- fined households they frequented and the as- sociation of women who were high - spirited without prudery , and who united purity and simplicity with wit , vivacity , and ...
... Peter Irving . The saving influence for all of them was the re- fined households they frequented and the as- sociation of women who were high - spirited without prudery , and who united purity and simplicity with wit , vivacity , and ...
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... Peter projected the work that was to make him famous . At first nothing more was intended than a satire upon the " Picture of New York , " by Dr. Samuel Mitchell , just then published . It was be- gun as a mere burlesque upon pedantry ...
... Peter projected the work that was to make him famous . At first nothing more was intended than a satire upon the " Picture of New York , " by Dr. Samuel Mitchell , just then published . It was be- gun as a mere burlesque upon pedantry ...
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... Peter Irving , who was then in Edinburgh , was impressed with the brilliant talent of the editor of the " Review , " disguised as it was by affectation , but he said he " would not give the Minstrel for a wilderness of Jeffreys . " The ...
... Peter Irving , who was then in Edinburgh , was impressed with the brilliant talent of the editor of the " Review , " disguised as it was by affectation , but he said he " would not give the Minstrel for a wilderness of Jeffreys . " The ...
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