Literary Leaders of AmericaChautauqua Press, 1904 - 316 oldal |
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... gift and skill to express them- selves in such a way as to move and charm their readers . To be literature , in the best sense , a piece of writing , whether prose or verse , must have beauty of expression and inherent worthiness of ...
... gift and skill to express them- selves in such a way as to move and charm their readers . To be literature , in the best sense , a piece of writing , whether prose or verse , must have beauty of expression and inherent worthiness of ...
13. oldal
... gift in his own individuality rather than by family predispo- sition . His father was a Scotchman in trade , his mother English , neither of them born in this land . When Irving was born in 1783 in New York City , his father was engaged ...
... gift in his own individuality rather than by family predispo- sition . His father was a Scotchman in trade , his mother English , neither of them born in this land . When Irving was born in 1783 in New York City , his father was engaged ...
14. oldal
... gifts in this direction , and his long life de- veloped them to the full . This social talent had full sway on his return to this country , when he became a figure in the best circles of Gotham and neighboring cities . He was admitted ...
... gifts in this direction , and his long life de- veloped them to the full . This social talent had full sway on his return to this country , when he became a figure in the best circles of Gotham and neighboring cities . He was admitted ...
25. oldal
... gift for the sketch finds full play , and some of the choicest things in the collection belong to this phase of fiction . We may take the " Stout Gentleman as a happy example , and it is reproduced at the end of this study of Irving and ...
... gift for the sketch finds full play , and some of the choicest things in the collection belong to this phase of fiction . We may take the " Stout Gentleman as a happy example , and it is reproduced at the end of this study of Irving and ...
44. oldal
... gift of Nature , entered into his work because of this good fortune of home and education . Cooper's schooling was thus far more of Nature than from books . He attended the village academy , to be sure , but he early absorbed the ...
... gift of Nature , entered into his work because of this good fortune of home and education . Cooper's schooling was thus far more of Nature than from books . He attended the village academy , to be sure , but he early absorbed the ...
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