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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... tion when their names are revered and their books are not read . The growth , not to say the fluctuation , of Shakespeare's popu- larity is one of the curiosities of literary history . Worshiped by his contemporaries , apostrophized by ...
... tion when their names are revered and their books are not read . The growth , not to say the fluctuation , of Shakespeare's popu- larity is one of the curiosities of literary history . Worshiped by his contemporaries , apostrophized by ...
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... theology - devoted their genius to pol- itics . It is in the political writings imme- diately preceding and following the Revolu- tion- such as those of Hamilton , Madison , Jay , Franklin , Jefferson that the new birth of PRELIMINARY . 9.
... theology - devoted their genius to pol- itics . It is in the political writings imme- diately preceding and following the Revolu- tion- such as those of Hamilton , Madison , Jay , Franklin , Jefferson that the new birth of PRELIMINARY . 9.
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... tion . American literature was not only born , — it was able to go alone . We are not likely to overestimate the stimulus to this movement given by Irving's example , and by his success abroad . His leader- ship is recognized in the ...
... tion . American literature was not only born , — it was able to go alone . We are not likely to overestimate the stimulus to this movement given by Irving's example , and by his success abroad . His leader- ship is recognized in the ...
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... , about woman's dress , about diet ; through the open door of abolitionism women appeared upon its platform , demanding a various emancipa- ― tion ; the agitation for total abstinence from intoxicating 2 PRELIMINARY . 17.
... , about woman's dress , about diet ; through the open door of abolitionism women appeared upon its platform , demanding a various emancipa- ― tion ; the agitation for total abstinence from intoxicating 2 PRELIMINARY . 17.
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Charles Dudley Warner. ― tion ; the agitation for total abstinence from intoxicating drinks got under full headway , urged on moral rather than on the statisti- cal and scientific grounds of to - day ; re- formed drunkards went about ...
Charles Dudley Warner. ― tion ; the agitation for total abstinence from intoxicating drinks got under full headway , urged on moral rather than on the statisti- cal and scientific grounds of to - day ; re- formed drunkards went about ...
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