 | 1821 - 438 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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 - 1820 - 438 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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 sacrificed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs oi' friends and companions ; for indeed there is something...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 sacrificed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 354 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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 sacrificed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions;...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 sacrificed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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... | |
 | 1834 - 532 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions...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 - 1843 - 390 pages
...admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions;...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 - 1843 - 458 pages
...with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about there as about the tombs of friends and companions; for...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... | |
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They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of companionship between the author and the reader. Other men are known to posterity only through the medium of history, which is continually growing... 
