 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters, and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | 1913 - 556 oldal
...statement of his imaginative creed, — "I am .... a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes What is it to us, whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into a belief of them, and enjoy all the reality?" Finally, he confesses, "I like to deck out pictures for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 422 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 234 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1895 - 248 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to.be deceived, when the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality? There is nothing ' like resolute goodhumored credulity in these matters. "From the birth-place of Shakespeare a few paces brought me... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 482 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | 1895 - 686 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am, therefore, a ready believer in relics, legends,...who travel for their gratification to be the same. . . . There is nothing like resolute goodhumoured credulity in these matters." The old caretaker is... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1900 - 158 oldal
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humoured credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 oldal
...believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men; and would advise all travelers who travel for their gratification to be the same....charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
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I am always of easy faith in such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travellers... 
