 I have wandered through different countries, and witnessed many of the shifting scenes of life. I cannot say that I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher, but rather with the sauntering gaze with which humble lovers of the picturesque stroll...  The Quarterly Review - Page 52edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...wonders, therefore, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. "It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...have studied them with the eye of a philosopher, but ramerely a lover of fine scenery, I should ther with the sauntering gaze with which have felt little... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print shop to another ; caught sometimes by the delineations of beauty, sometimes by the distortions... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. . It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print shop to another ; caught sometimes by the delineations of beauty, sometimes by the distortions... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...advancement of literature. The author of the work before us, under the assumed title or' D 2 Geoffrey Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, devotes the first chapter of...picturesque stroll from the window of one shop to another; cnught sometimes by the delineations of beauty, sometimes by the distortions of caricalure, and sometimes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 402 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...shifting scenes of life. \ I cannot say that ^— ~ -i. I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher, but rather with the sauntering gaze with which humble... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...with the eye of a philosopher; but rather with the sauntermg gaze with which humble lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print-shop... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. " It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion gratified. 1 have wandered through different countries, and witnessed many of the shifting scenes of life. I cannot... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...cannot say that I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher,hut rather with the sauntering gaze with which humble lovers of the picturesque stroll... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...through different countries, and witnessed many of the shining scenes of life. I cannot say that I have studied them with the eye of a philosopher,but rather... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 320 pages
...this land of wonders, thought I, and see the gigantic race from which I am degenerated. It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion...lovers of the picturesque stroll from the window of one print-shop to another ; caught, sometimes by the delineations of beauty, sometimes by the distortions... | |
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