Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and Emerson's Essays as Published in the Eclectic English ClassicsAmerican Book Company, 1896 |
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... he returned to this country , and was admitted to the bar , but he never practiced law . He soon en- gaged , with his brother William and James K. Paulding , in the issue ( 1807 ) of a humorously satirical semi - 4 INTRODUCTION .
... he returned to this country , and was admitted to the bar , but he never practiced law . He soon en- gaged , with his brother William and James K. Paulding , in the issue ( 1807 ) of a humorously satirical semi - 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... never married . The " Knickerbocker History " was highly praised by Scott , who rec- ognized its merit , and detected in it strong resemblances to the style of Swift . The work was begun by Washington and his brother Peter as a travesty ...
... never married . The " Knickerbocker History " was highly praised by Scott , who rec- ognized its merit , and detected in it strong resemblances to the style of Swift . The work was begun by Washington and his brother Peter as a travesty ...
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... never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the masterpieces of art , the re ...
... never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery . But Europe held forth all the charms of storied and poetical association . There were to be seen the masterpieces of art , the re ...
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... never heard of more . " The sight of this wreck , as usual , gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and ...
... never heard of more . " The sight of this wreck , as usual , gave rise to many dismal anecdotes . This was particularly the case in the evening , when the weather , which had hitherto been fair , began to look wild and threatening , and ...
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... never forget that cry . It was some time before we could put the ship about , she was under such headway . We returned , as nearly as we could guess , to the place where the smack had anchored . We cruised about for several hours in the ...
... never forget that cry . It was some time before we could put the ship about , she was under such headway . We returned , as nearly as we could guess , to the place where the smack had anchored . We cruised about for several hours in the ...
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Select American Classics: Being Selections from Irving's Sketch Book and ... Ralph Waldo Emerson,Washington Irving,Daniel Webster Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 22 - Perhaps the time is already come when it ought to be, and will be, something else ; when the sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill. Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close.
Página 80 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican government.
Página 47 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Página 49 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Página 143 - The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired " on which side he voted ?" Rip stared in vacant stupidity. Another short but busy little fellow pulled him by the arm, and, rising on tiptoe, inquired in his ear, " Whether he was Federal or Democrat...
Página 139 - ... of excellent Hollands. He was naturally a thirsty soul, and was soon tempted to repeat the draught. One taste provoked another, and he reiterated his visits to the flagon so often that at length his senses were overpowered, his eyes swam in his head, his head gradually declined, and he fell into a deep sleep.
Página 141 - The very village was altered : it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared.
Página 25 - ... all that is manly to repeated resistance; a thousand bosoms freely and fearlessly bared in an instant to whatever of terror there may be in war and death ; — all these you have witnessed, but you witness them no more. All is peace. The heights of yonder metropolis, its towers and roofs, which you then saw filled with wives and...
Página 66 - Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand. March'd boldly up, like our...
Página 114 - It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day ; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always associate with the idea of abundance. The forests had put on their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of the tenderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into brilliant dyes of orange, purple, and scarlet. Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory...