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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... chimney- corner on a tempestuous night , then Mr. Brown's romances cannot be dismissed with- out a certain recognition . But they never . represented anything distinctively Ameri- can , and their influence upon 14 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... chimney- corner on a tempestuous night , then Mr. Brown's romances cannot be dismissed with- out a certain recognition . But they never . represented anything distinctively Ameri- can , and their influence upon 14 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... never lack fine writing , whatever might be the dearth of news . I need not say how suddenly and completely this affec- tation was laughed out of sight by the com- ing of the " humorous " writer , whose ex- istence is justified by the ...
... never lack fine writing , whatever might be the dearth of news . I need not say how suddenly and completely this affec- tation was laughed out of sight by the com- ing of the " humorous " writer , whose ex- istence is justified by the ...
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... never in sympathy with his rigid views . The children were re- pelled from the creed of their father , and subsequently all of them except one became attached to the Episcopal Church . Wash- ington , in order to make sure of his escape ...
... never in sympathy with his rigid views . The children were re- pelled from the creed of their father , and subsequently all of them except one became attached to the Episcopal Church . Wash- ington , in order to make sure of his escape ...
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... never ac- quired either a taste for the profession or much knowledge of law . While he sat in the law office , he read literature , and made considerable progress in his self - culture ; but he liked rambling and society quite as well ...
... never ac- quired either a taste for the profession or much knowledge of law . While he sat in the law office , he read literature , and made considerable progress in his self - culture ; but he liked rambling and society quite as well ...
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... Never did the Revolution , its authors and its consequences , receive a more hearty and sincere execration than at that Throughout the whole of my moment . journey I had found reason to exclaim against it for 3 MANHOOD : FIRST VISIT TO ...
... Never did the Revolution , its authors and its consequences , receive a more hearty and sincere execration than at that Throughout the whole of my moment . journey I had found reason to exclaim against it for 3 MANHOOD : FIRST VISIT TO ...
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