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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... felicity , but we can apprehend the distinction he intended to make . It is to be noted also , and not with re- gard to Irving only , that the attention of young and old readers has been so occupied and distracted PRELIMINARY . 7.
... felicity , but we can apprehend the distinction he intended to make . It is to be noted also , and not with re- gard to Irving only , that the attention of young and old readers has been so occupied and distracted PRELIMINARY . 7.
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... young peo- ple , and his clear style helped to form a good taste and correct literary habits . It is not so now . The manufacturers of books , periodicals , and newspapers for the young keep the rising generation fully occupied , with a ...
... young peo- ple , and his clear style helped to form a good taste and correct literary habits . It is not so now . The manufacturers of books , periodicals , and newspapers for the young keep the rising generation fully occupied , with a ...
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... Young Irving's school education was des- ultory , pursued under several more or less incompetent masters , and was over at the age of sixteen . The teaching does not seem to have had much discipline or so- lidity ; he studied Latin a ...
... Young Irving's school education was des- ultory , pursued under several more or less incompetent masters , and was over at the age of sixteen . The teaching does not seem to have had much discipline or so- lidity ; he studied Latin a ...
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... their habit to stroll about the towns in which they stopped , and talk with whomever they met . Among his companions was a young French officer and an eccentric , gar- rulous doctor CHAPTER III 'MANHOOD: FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE.
... their habit to stroll about the towns in which they stopped , and talk with whomever they met . Among his companions was a young French officer and an eccentric , gar- rulous doctor CHAPTER III 'MANHOOD: FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE.
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... young man was an English prisoner whom the French officer had in custody . Their merriment at once gave place to pity . " Ah ! le pauvre garçon ! " said one to an- other ; " he is merry , however , in all his trouble . ' " And what will ...
... young man was an English prisoner whom the French officer had in custody . Their merriment at once gave place to pity . " Ah ! le pauvre garçon ! " said one to an- other ; " he is merry , however , in all his trouble . ' " And what will ...
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