Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It is almost startling to hear this warning of departed time sounding among the tombs, and telling the lapse of the hour,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“The number of his wives is uncertain. Abulfeda, who writes with more caution than other of the Arabian historians, limits it to… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
[I]n the gloomy month of February.... The Deserts of Arabia are not more dreary and inhospitable than the streets of London at… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“It must be particularly borne in mind, that Mahomet did not profess to set up a new religion ; but to restore… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“It was his belief, furthermore, that this religion, so elevated and simple, had repeatedly been corrupted and debased by man, and especially… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“It is remarkable that circumcision, which is invariably practiced by thE Mahometans, and forms a distinguishing rite of their faith, to which… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
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