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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... observations upon political affairs . The town fascinated him more than any other in Europe ; he notes that the city is rapidly beautifying under the emperor , that the people seem gay and happy , and Vive la bagatelle ! is again the ...
... observations upon political affairs . The town fascinated him more than any other in Europe ; he notes that the city is rapidly beautifying under the emperor , that the people seem gay and happy , and Vive la bagatelle ! is again the ...
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... observed in the war for the Union : " Men who had loitered about , the hangers - on and encumbrances of society , have all at once risen to importance , and been the only useful men of the day . " The exploits of our young navy kept up ...
... observed in the war for the Union : " Men who had loitered about , the hangers - on and encumbrances of society , have all at once risen to importance , and been the only useful men of the day . " The exploits of our young navy kept up ...
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... observed a phenomenon upon which Brevoort had commented as beginning to be noticeable in America . " Your account [ he writes ] of the brevity of the old lady's nether garments distresses me . I cannot help observing that this fashion ...
... observed a phenomenon upon which Brevoort had commented as beginning to be noticeable in America . " Your account [ he writes ] of the brevity of the old lady's nether garments distresses me . I cannot help observing that this fashion ...
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... observe the little sturdy English women , trudging about in their stout leather shoes , and to study the various understandings ' betrayed to view by this mischievous fashion . " The years passed rather wearily in Eng- land . Peter ...
... observe the little sturdy English women , trudging about in their stout leather shoes , and to study the various understandings ' betrayed to view by this mischievous fashion . " The years passed rather wearily in Eng- land . Peter ...
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... observation , came those books of mingled fables , sentiment , fact , and humor which are after all the most endur- ing fruits of his residence in Spain . Notwithstanding his absorption in literary pursuits , Irving was not denied the ...
... observation , came those books of mingled fables , sentiment , fact , and humor which are after all the most endur- ing fruits of his residence in Spain . Notwithstanding his absorption in literary pursuits , Irving was not denied the ...
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admiration Agapida Alcuin Alhambra American army beautiful beheld Boabdil Brevoort brother career cavaliers character charm chivalry Christian Columbus Communipaw Conquest of Granada court damsel Darro delight Dutch enchanted England English eyes fancy fashion feel followed fortune friends gave genius Granada habits hand head heart HENRY CABOT LODGE honor hour Hudson humor Ichabod Crane Irving's Isabella JOHN Josiah Ogden Hoffman king Knickerbocker ladies letters literary literature lived look Madrid manner married ment mind Moorish Moors mountain never night opinion padre Paris passed Peter Peter Stuyvesant pict picture political popular queen Risingh romance says scene Scott seal of Solomon seemed Sketch-Book sketches social society soldier Spain Spanish spirit student style Swedes sympathy taste theatre thousand guineas tion tower ving warriors WASHINGTON IRVING worthy writes wrote York young