 For my part, I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials. It is the play of thought, and sentiment, and language; the weaving in of characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes...  St. Nicholas - Stran 634uredili: - 1894Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 498 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole ; — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 584 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole ; — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 428 strani
...the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life; and the half-concealed vein of humour that is often playing through the whole; — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 504 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole ; — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 408 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole, — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1893 - 80 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole— these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 436 strani
...characters, lightly yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole, — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed." Viewed in this light, these... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 640 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the halfconcealed vein of humor...through the whole ; — these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed. I have preferred adopting the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 612 strani
...of characters, lightly yet expressly delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...playing through the whole, — these are among what I am at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed." Viewed in this light,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1895 - 446 strani
...characters, lightly, yet expressively delineated ; the familiar and faithful exhibition of scenes in common life ; and the half-concealed vein of humor...through the whole ;— these are among what I aim at, and upon which I felicitate myself in proportion as I think I succeed."— Tlie Life and Letters of... | |
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