 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 838 páginas
...Every boy has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published [in 1819], and read each succeeding number with ever-increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1887 - 204 páginas
...reader has his first book : — I mean to say, one book among many others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...desires of his mind. To me this first book was the ' Sketch Book ' of Washington Irving. I was a schoolboy when it was published, and read each succeeding... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1887 - 514 páginas
...he said years afterward, "has his first book; I mean to say, one book among all others which first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...desires of his mind. To me, this first book was the Sketch Book of Washington Irving. . . . How many delightful books the same author has given us. . .... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 páginas
...: " Every reader has his first book : I mean to say, one book among all which in early youth flrst fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and satisfies the desires of his mind. To me, this flrst book was the Sketch-Book of Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published, and... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 834 páginas
...Every boy has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published [in Í819], and read each succeeding number with ever-increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by... | |
 | 1890 - 720 páginas
...has said, " has his first book; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...desires of his mind. To me this first book was the ' Sketch Book ' of Washington Irving." Who is the writer, and where is this preference recorded ? 26.... | |
 | George Stewart - 1892 - 184 páginas
...Every reader has his first book—I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...desires of his mind. To me, this first book was the Sketch Hook of Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published and read each succeeding... | |
 | 1898 - 122 páginas
...Every boy has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...Washington Irving. I was a schoolboy when it was published (in 1819), and read each succeeding number with ever-increasing wonder and delight, spell-bound by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 416 páginas
...EVERY reader has his first book. I mean to say, one book among all others, which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and...desires of his mind. To me this first book was the fikctvh-llvok of Washington Irving. I was a school-boy when it was published, and read each succeeding... | |
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Every reader has his first book ; I mean to say, one book among all others which in early youth first fascinates his imagination, and at once excites and satisfies the desires of his mind. 
