 Other men are known to posterity only through the medium of history, which is continually growing faint and obscure : but the intercourse between the author and his fellowmen is ever new, active, and immediate.  All the Year Round - Page 2081887Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 538 pages
...or vague admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. 20 They linger about these as about the tombs of friends...history, which is continually growing faint and obscure ; 25 but the intercourse between the author and his fellowmen is ever new, active, and immediate. He... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1902 - 464 pages
...curiosity or vague 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...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 - 1902 - 228 pages
...curiosity or vague 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...the reader. Other men are known to posterity only 135 through the medium of history, which is continually growing faint and obscure; but the intercourse... | |
 | Louis Albert Banks - 1902 - 420 pages
...morning, March 24, 1882, and was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery. CHAPTER XIV. WASHINGTON IRVING "The intercourse between the author and his fellow men is ever new, active, and immediate — well may the world cherish his renown. It has been purchased by the diligent dispensation of pleasure."... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 358 pages
...curiosity or vague 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...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 - 1903 - 814 pages
...curiosity or vague 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...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... | |
 | 1903 - 360 pages
...curiosity or vague admiration, with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for there is something of companionship between the author and the reader. Well may posterity be grateful... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - 1903 - 360 pages
...curiosity or vague admiration, with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions; for there is something of companionship between the author and the reader. Well may posterity be grateful... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 pages
...curiosity or vague 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...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... | |
 | Sandford Arthur Strong - 1905 - 442 pages
...curiosity or vague 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." It seems to have been the magnetic dust of Chaucer, the first warbler, that gathered the poets together... | |
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