 | Georgia Alexander - 1907 - 220 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander o'er the scenes of renowned achievement, — to tread, as it...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. lavish virtue alert axis luxury abolish candid success... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - 1910 - 226 oldal
...every moldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander o'er the scenes of renowned achievement,—to tread, as it were, in the footsteps of antiquity;...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. refer le gal be quest bul wark ram part de tached frag... | |
 | James Witt Sewell - 1911 - 354 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. — Irving. 3. By giving ILLUSTRATIONS OR EXAMPLES... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. I had, beside all this, an earnest desire to see the... | |
 | James Witt Sewell - 1911 - 352 oldal
...footsteps of antiquity—to loiter about the ruined castle—to meditate on the falling tower—to escape, in short, from the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past.—Irving. 3. By giving ILLUSTRATIONS OR EXAMPLES 'after... | |
 | Alfred Reichert - 1912 - 152 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past".1 „Wie in Verzückung" 2 fchrieb er feine 1819/20... | |
 | 1913 - 534 oldal
...small. He further appreciates the youthful promise of his native country, but he would rather escape "from the commonplace realities of the present" and...himself among "the shadowy grandeur of the past". I rving's conception of the past will be examined later, but it is early obvious that for him, as for... | |
 | Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1920 - 238 oldal
...history of the times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. — The Author's Account of Himself. Subject: The Author's... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every moldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the bosom. 5 myself among the shadowy grandeurs of the past. mingled among them in my time, and been almost withered... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 oldal
...the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...antiquity — to loiter about the ruined castle — to mediso täte on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the commonplace realities of the present,... | |
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My native country was full of youthful promise ; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement... 
