Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 páginas |
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... - Brockden Brown - Washington Irving ,. SEC . VIII . - The Novelist , Fennimore Cooper , SEC . IX . Paulding - The Brother Jonathan - Doctor Channing , SEC . X. - Audubon , · 36 42 · 88 35 57 CHAPTER II . SEC . I. - Infancy and Future.
... - Brockden Brown - Washington Irving ,. SEC . VIII . - The Novelist , Fennimore Cooper , SEC . IX . Paulding - The Brother Jonathan - Doctor Channing , SEC . X. - Audubon , · 36 42 · 88 35 57 CHAPTER II . SEC . I. - Infancy and Future.
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... Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this intellectual phenomenon ? In view of those green savannahs , those virgin forests , those lakes which are seas , those rivers whose banks are too far apart to be seen , the manly virtues of ...
... Irving and Cooper . What is the cause of this intellectual phenomenon ? In view of those green savannahs , those virgin forests , those lakes which are seas , those rivers whose banks are too far apart to be seen , the manly virtues of ...
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... IRVING . Morris is very like a clever English naval officer , min- gling in the good society of the XVIIIth century ; Jonathan Edwards like a Scottish theologian of the XVIIth ; Ben- jamin Franklin is not far from the qualities which ...
... IRVING . Morris is very like a clever English naval officer , min- gling in the good society of the XVIIIth century ; Jonathan Edwards like a Scottish theologian of the XVIIth ; Ben- jamin Franklin is not far from the qualities which ...
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... Irving , more modest and happier , has not pre- tended to so much grandeur ; he owes the renown which encircles him , not to sallies of the imagination , creative thought or a lofty mental flight , but to a graceful imitation of old ...
... Irving , more modest and happier , has not pre- tended to so much grandeur ; he owes the renown which encircles him , not to sallies of the imagination , creative thought or a lofty mental flight , but to a graceful imitation of old ...
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... Irving has nothing American in it . All his thoughts direct them- selves towards England alone ; for her his wishes ... Irving's poetic Past is there ; it is the charm . of his works . The velvety and golden dream which enchants . him ...
... Irving has nothing American in it . All his thoughts direct them- selves towards England alone ; for her his wishes ... Irving's poetic Past is there ; it is the charm . of his works . The velvety and golden dream which enchants . him ...
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Página 207 - ... THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Página 193 - Thou, in sunny solitudes, Rover of the underwoods, The green silence dost displace With thy mellow, breezy bass.
Página 190 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Página 186 - Come when the rains Have glazed the snow, and clothed the trees with ice, While the slant sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light.
Página 80 - I turned, cocked my gun-locks silently, touched my faithful companion, and lay ready to start up and shoot the first who might attempt my life. The moment was fast approaching, and that night might have been my last in this world, had not Providence made preparations for my rescue. All was ready. The infernal hag was advancing slowly, probably contemplating the best way of despatching mo, whilst her sons should be engaged with the Indian.
Página 206 - Still stands the forest primeval; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom.
Página 189 - There stood the Indian hamlet, there the lake Spread its blue sheet that flashed with many an oar, Where the brown otter plunged him from the brake, And the deer drank : as the light gale flew o'er, The twinkling maize-field rustled on the shore , And while that spot, so wild, and...
Página 74 - I observed a yellowish oval spot, the appearance of which was quite new to me. Little time was left me for consideration, as the next moment a smart breeze began to agitate the taller trees.
Página 189 - Indian hamlet, there the lake Spread its blue sheet that flashed with many an oar, Where the brown otter plunged him from the brake, And the deer drank : as the light gale flew o'er, The twinkling maize-field rustled on the shore ; And while that spot, so wild, and lone, and fair, A look of glad and guiltless beauty wore, And peace was on the earth and in the air, The warrior lit the pile, and bound his captive there.
Página 75 - The principal force of the hurricane was now over, although millions of twigs and small branches, that had been brought from a great distance, were seen following the blast, as if drawn onwards by some mysterious power. They even floated in the air for some hours after, as if supported by the thick mass of dust that rose high above the ground.