 I am sensible that as a stranger to American parties and politics, I must lose much of the concealed satire of the piece, but I must own that, looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of...  Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Page 141by Massachusetts Historical Society - 1873Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...most excellently jocose history of New- York. I ma sensible that as a stranger to American parties nml politics, I must lose much of the concealed satire...think, too, there are passages which indicate that that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1852 - 498 pages
...piece, but I must own that, looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." 'Salmagundi,' which... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1853 - 496 pages
...meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annajs of Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and has some touches which remind me much of Sterne." 'Salmagundi,' which... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Brazil - 1856 - 468 pages
...piece, but I must own, that looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the...Diedrich Knickerbocker. I have been employed these fuw evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and two ladies who are our guests, and our sides have... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Brazil - 1856 - 476 pages
...piece, hat I must own, that looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the annals of Diedricb Knickerbocker. I have been employed these few evenings in reading them aloud to Mrs. S. and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 450 pages
...thanks for the uncommon degree of entertainment which I have received from the most excellently-jocose history of New York. I am sensible that as a stranger...passages which indicate that the author possesses power of a different kind, and [he] has some touches which remind me much of Sterne. I beg you will... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1860 - 624 pages
...excellently jocose history of New- York. I am sensible that as a stranger to American parties and polities, I must lose much of the concealed satire of the piece...absolutely sore with laughing. I think, too, there arc passages which indicate that that the author possesses powers of a different kind, and has some... | |
 | 1863 - 520 pages
...piece, but I must own that, looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the...laughing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate . . . powers of a different kind, and . . . touches which remind me much of Sterne." Seven years had... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1863 - 514 pages
...piece, but I must own that, looking at the simple and obvious meaning only, I have never read anything so closely resembling the style of Dean Swift as the...laughing. I think, too, there are passages which indicate . . . powers of a different kind, and . . . touches which remind me much of Sterne." Seven years had... | |
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