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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... written with the single purpose of satisfy- ing the wants of the day , produced and dis- tributed with marvelous ... writing industry invested in the production of juve- nile literature , is so large and is so perma- nent an interest ...
... written with the single purpose of satisfy- ing the wants of the day , produced and dis- tributed with marvelous ... writing industry invested in the production of juve- nile literature , is so large and is so perma- nent an interest ...
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... manufactured fine writing , or lapsed into a reminiscent and melting mood . In a pretty affectation , we were asked to meditate upon the old garret , the deserted hearth , the old letters , the old well 18 WASHINGTON IRVING .
... manufactured fine writing , or lapsed into a reminiscent and melting mood . In a pretty affectation , we were asked to meditate upon the old garret , the deserted hearth , the old letters , the old well 18 WASHINGTON IRVING .
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... 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 excellent service ...
... 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 excellent service ...
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... written twenty years after , who re- calls to mind the keeper of a porter house , " who whilom wore a long coat , in the pockets whereof he jingled two bushels of sixpenny pieces , and whose daughter played the piano to the ...
... written twenty years after , who re- calls to mind the keeper of a porter house , " who whilom wore a long coat , in the pockets whereof he jingled two bushels of sixpenny pieces , and whose daughter played the piano to the ...
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... written from Richmond , where he was attending the trial of Aaron Burr , he expresses his exalted opinion of the sex . It was said in accounting for the open sympathy of the ladies with the pris- oner that Burr had always been a ...
... written from Richmond , where he was attending the trial of Aaron Burr , he expresses his exalted opinion of the sex . It was said in accounting for the open sympathy of the ladies with the pris- oner that Burr had always been a ...
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