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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... received a fair education in a classical school in his native city , and studied law , which he abandoned on the threshold of practice , as Irving did , and for the same reason . He had the genuine literary im- pulse , which he obeyed ...
... received a fair education in a classical school in his native city , and studied law , which he abandoned on the threshold of practice , as Irving did , and for the same reason . He had the genuine literary im- pulse , which he obeyed ...
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... received the rite of confirmation . The boy was full of vivacity , drollery , and innocent mischief . His sportiveness and disinclina- tion to religious seriousness gave his mother some anxiety , and she would look at him , says his ...
... received the rite of confirmation . The boy was full of vivacity , drollery , and innocent mischief . His sportiveness and disinclina- tion to religious seriousness gave his mother some anxiety , and she would look at him , says his ...
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... received in the best society , and the charm of his manner and his ingenuous nature made him everywhere a favorite . He car- ried that indefinable passport which society recognizes and which needs no visé . He saw the people who were ...
... received in the best society , and the charm of his manner and his ingenuous nature made him everywhere a favorite . He car- ried that indefinable passport which society recognizes and which needs no visé . He saw the people who were ...
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... received in the days of simplicity and literary dearth ; but the same wit , insight , and literary art , informed with the modern spirit and turned upon the follies and " whim - whams " of the metropolis , would doubtless have a great ...
... received in the days of simplicity and literary dearth ; but the same wit , insight , and literary art , informed with the modern spirit and turned upon the follies and " whim - whams " of the metropolis , would doubtless have a great ...
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... received only from the ladies of the city , and the traits of female goodness manifested then sunk deep into Irving's heart . out pretending , he says , to decide on Burr's innocence or guilt , " his situation is such as should appeal ...
... received only from the ladies of the city , and the traits of female goodness manifested then sunk deep into Irving's heart . out pretending , he says , to decide on Burr's innocence or guilt , " his situation is such as should appeal ...
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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