 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 strani
...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 strani
...times gone by', and every mouldering stone' . . is a chronicle". It is pleasant to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement" — to tread', as...the commonplace realities of the present', and lose one's self among the shadowy grandeurs of the pdst\ Inflection. — Before each of the members of the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 strani
...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...footsteps of antiquity — to loiter about the ruined castleto meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 strani
...footsteps of antiquity—to loiter about the ruined castle—to meditate on the falling tower—to escape, in short, from the common-place 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 542 strani
...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...tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place I — THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OP HIMSELF. 11 realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 strani
...footsteps of antiquity—to loiter about the ruined castle—to meditate on the fulling tower—to escape, in short, from the common-place 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 534 strani
...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...loiter about the ruined castle — to meditate on the f'ullin!: tower — to escape, in short, from the common-place realities of the present, and lose myself... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 strani
...the history of tunes gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it were, in the footsteps of antiquity — to loitft- about the ruined castle — to meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 478 strani
...the history of tunes gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chroniclerjU longecQto wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it...about the ruined castle — to meditate on the falling tower-pp escape, in short, from the common-place realities of the present, and lose myself among the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 strani
...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 common-place 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... | |
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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... 
