You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance so natural to him, "but it is true. I have kept that to myself hitherto, but that man has found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman. Works of Washington Irving - Էջ 61Washington Irving - 1862Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 432 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence: "His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh/' said he, with that air of whimsical significance...detained there nearly four months by illness, most of the tune confined to the house. I have been upwards of two months in England [he writes to his brother... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 498 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." ic You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman.5' Mr. Irving had intended but a short visit to the residence of his sister at Birmingham,... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1864 - 528 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...house. I have been upwards of two months in England, Pie writes to his brother Ebenezer, Sept. 28.] I came over in hopes of getting some manuscript ready... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 504 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman.1' Mr. Irving had intended but a short visit to the residence of his sister at Birmingham,... | |
| 1864 - 646 էջ
...came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view " ; "you hiugh, but it is true. I have kept that to myself hitherto, but that man has found me out."* Irving knew full well that the humorous must have a serious undertone in order to its greatest power... | |
| 1864 - 644 էջ
...came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view" ; "you laugh, but it is true. I have kept that to myself hitherto, but that man has found me out."* Irving knew full well that the humorous must have a serious undertone in order to its greatest power... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 324 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentleman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional fits of melancholy,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 326 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout Gentkman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional fits... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1904 - 462 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : 'His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view.' 'You laugh,' said he, with that air of whimsical significance...found me out. He has detected the moral of the Stout GeatkThose were pleasant days at Dresden, filled up with the society of bright and warm-hearted people,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1909 - 320 էջ
...smiled as I came to this sentence : " His most comical pieces have always a serious end in view." " You laugh," said he, with that air of whimsical significance...has found me out. He has detected the moral of the Ktuut Gentleman." invariably interesting companion ; gay and full of humor, even in spite of occasional... | |
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