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. S. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely... Washington Irving - Página 74por Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 304 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1870 - 552 páginas
...closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been emploj'ed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S....different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." Salmagundi, which Mr. Irving had previously undertaken, in conjunction with Paulding,... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1870 - 388 páginas
...and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been...guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laugh ing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate that the au ' thor possesses power of a... | |
| Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 páginas
...obvious meaning only, I have never read any thing so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been...passages which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." 258 Mr. Brevoort... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1872 - 550 páginas
...closely resembling the style of Dean Sw the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laug I think, too, there are passages... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1873 - 542 páginas
...obvious meaning only, I have never read any thing so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the Annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them alond to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing.... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 páginas
...and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been...different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." Salmagundi, which Mr. Irving had previously undertaken, in conjunction with Paulding,... | |
| William Smith, Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1876 - 386 páginas
...I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Dicdrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings...guests, and our sides have been absolutely sore with laugh ing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate that the au thor possesses power of a different... | |
| Robert Charles Winthrop - 1878 - 604 páginas
...obvious meaning only, I have never read any thing so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the Annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been...passages which indicate that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne. I beg you will have... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 páginas
...and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been...absolutely sore with laughing. I think, too, there arc passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches... | |
| 1878 - 486 páginas
...should be." But Sir Walter Scott, in a letter to a friend, says of these funny papers of Irving's : " I have been employed these few evenings in reading...our sides have been absolutely sore with laughing." All Irving's histories arc not " makebelieve," and some day you will read Irving's "Life of Columbus,"... | |
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