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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... of " Alcuin : a Dia- logue on the Rights of Women . " This and the romances which followed it show the powerful influence upon him of the school of 99 fiction of William Godwin , and the move- ment 12 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... of " Alcuin : a Dia- logue on the Rights of Women . " This and the romances which followed it show the powerful influence upon him of the school of 99 fiction of William Godwin , and the move- ment 12 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... followed the hero into a shop and presented the lad to him . " Please , your honor , " said Lizzie , all aglow , " here's a bairn was named after you . " And the grave Virginian placed his hand on the boy's head and gave him his ...
... followed the hero into a shop and presented the lad to him . " Please , your honor , " said Lizzie , all aglow , " here's a bairn was named after you . " And the grave Virginian placed his hand on the boy's head and gave him his ...
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... In the momentary silence that followed , somebody raised his voice , and in a tone of complacent derision " wondered what Jimmy Madison would say now . " 66 Sir , " cried Mr. Irving , in a THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD . 91.
... In the momentary silence that followed , somebody raised his voice , and in a tone of complacent derision " wondered what Jimmy Madison would say now . " 66 Sir , " cried Mr. Irving , in a THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD . 91.
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... followed by the tender of the same tribute in other cities , an honor which his unconquerable shrinking from this kind of publicity compelled him to decline . The " Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a ...
... followed by the tender of the same tribute in other cities , an honor which his unconquerable shrinking from this kind of publicity compelled him to decline . The " Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a ...
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... followed by all the other embassies except the French . I take some passages from the author's description of his first audience at the royal palace : - " We passed through the spacious court , up the noble staircase , and through the ...
... followed by all the other embassies except the French . I take some passages from the author's description of his first audience at the royal palace : - " We passed through the spacious court , up the noble staircase , and through the ...
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