Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin cand Company, 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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... mankind in disregard of the critics ; but the rank is after all de- termined by the few best minds of any given age , and the popular judgment has very little to do with it . Immediate pop- ularity 2 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... mankind in disregard of the critics ; but the rank is after all de- termined by the few best minds of any given age , and the popular judgment has very little to do with it . Immediate pop- ularity 2 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... , and with respect to Irving in particular , there has been in America a criticism - sometimes called the destruc- tive , sometimes the Donnybrook Fair - that found " earnestness " the only thing in the 8 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... , and with respect to Irving in particular , there has been in America a criticism - sometimes called the destruc- tive , sometimes the Donnybrook Fair - that found " earnestness " the only thing in the 8 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... critic com- pletely overpowered by his acting , — Kemble seemed to have forgotten himself . Cooke , who had less range than Kemble , com- pletely satisfied Irving as Iago . Of Mrs. Siddons , who was then old , he scarcely dares to give ...
... critic com- pletely overpowered by his acting , — Kemble seemed to have forgotten himself . Cooke , who had less range than Kemble , com- pletely satisfied Irving as Iago . Of Mrs. Siddons , who was then old , he scarcely dares to give ...
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... criticism , lively wit , and irre- sponsible humor , piqued , puzzled , and de- lighted the town . From the first it was an immense success ; it had a circulation in other cities , and many imitations of it sprung up . Notwithstanding ...
... criticism , lively wit , and irre- sponsible humor , piqued , puzzled , and de- lighted the town . From the first it was an immense success ; it had a circulation in other cities , and many imitations of it sprung up . Notwithstanding ...
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... book had caused , by severe strictures on it as a " coarse caricature . " But the author's win- ning ways soon dissipated the social cloud , 66 and even the Dutch critics were erelong disarmed by THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD . 73.
... book had caused , by severe strictures on it as a " coarse caricature . " But the author's win- ning ways soon dissipated the social cloud , 66 and even the Dutch critics were erelong disarmed by THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD . 73.
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