Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate that the author possesses... Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington Irving - Página viiipor Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1860 - 64 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1882 - 358 páginas
...never," he wrote, " read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me of Sterne." The book is indeed an original... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 612 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Dietrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a differen t kind, and has some touches which remind me m uch of Sterne." His works, like... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Dietrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." His works, like those... | |
| Horace William Shaler Cleveland - 1888 - 178 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. " I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. Scott and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing. " I... | |
| Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 628 páginas
...I have never seen anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedricli Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. Scott and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing. I think,... | |
| Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 628 páginas
...I have never seen anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. Scott arid two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing. I... | |
| Sherwin Cody - 1899 - 268 páginas
...he said, '' I have been employed these few evenings in reading the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests,...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind." Irving, too, had been a great admirer of Scott's " Lady of the Lake." Campbell gave... | |
| SHERWIN CODY - 1899 - 268 páginas
...he said, “I have been employed these few evenings in reading the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests,...which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind.” Irving, too, had been a great admirer of Scott's “Lady of the Lake.” Campbell... | |
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