...to have the power of throwing my writings either into my port* Dominick Lynch, of New York. folio, or into the fire. I enjoy the first conception and...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,...

...were written rather hastily ; yet I am convinced that a great part of it was written in a freehand happier vein than almost any of my former writings....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,...

...written in a free and happier vein than almost any of my former writings. * * * I fancy much of what !• value myself upon in writing, escapes the observation...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,...

...feel extremely anxious to secure a little income from my literary property, that shall put me beyond the danger of recurring penury ; and shall render...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,...

...read criticism, good or bad, I am out of the reach of attack. If my writings are worth anything, they outlive temporary criticism ; if not, they are not...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,...

...among the scribblers * Dominick Lynch of New York. for the periodical press ; and some of them havo taken a pique against me for having treated them a...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,...

...all clanship in literature that I have no allies among the scribblers * Dommick Lynch of New York. for the periodical press ; and some of them have taken...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,...

...not read criticism, good or bad, I am out of the reach of attack. If my writings are worth any thing, they will outlive temporary criticism ; if not, they...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...

...who are more intent on the story than on the way it is told — as most of the readers to-day are. "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,...

...Traveller. Irving's own remarks upon it should suggest to us the proper point of view for criticism : " Some parts of my last work were written rather hastily...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,...