 | 1821 - 438 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...through the medium of history, which is continually growing-faint and obscure ; but the intercourse between the author and his fellow-men is ever new,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...obscure ; but the intercourse between the author and Ijis fellow men is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived for them more than for himself; he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...obscure ; but the intercourse between the author and his fellow men is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived for them more than for himself; he has... | |
 | 1834 - 532 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...growing faint and obscure ; but the intercourse between (he author and his fellow-men is ever new, active, and immediate : he has lived fur them more than... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...posterity only through the medium of history, which is continu" ally growing faint and obscure : but the intercourse between the author and his fellow-men... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 sider
...splen did monuments of the great and the heroic. They lin ger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...obscure ; but the intercourse between the author and his fellow men is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived for them more than for himself; he has... | |
 | 1839 - 256 sider
...splen did monuments of the great and the heroic. They lin ger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...obscure ; but the intercourse between the author and his fellow men is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived for them more than for himself; he has... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...which is continually growing faint and obscure : but ihe intercourse between the author and his fellowmen is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 sider
...splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of...the medium of history, which is continually growing famt and obscure : but the intercourse between the author and his fellow-men is ever new, active, and... | |
 | 1894 - 868 sider
...that the visitors to the Abbey remained longest about them. They linger as about the tombs of friends and companions, for, indeed, there is something of companionship between the author and the reader. Well may the world cherish his renown, for it has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood,... | |
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... the intercourse between the author and his fellow-men is ever new, active, and immediate. He has lived for them more than for himself; he has sacrificed surrounding enjoyments, and shut himself up from the delights oí social life, that he might the... 
