Human documents; portraits and biographies of eminent men
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Human documents; portraits and biographies of eminent men (2012)
EN PB NWISBN: 9781236350640 bzw. 1236350642, in Englisch, 86 Seiten, RareBooksClub.com, Taschenbuch, neu.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... his plays were enacted before my eyes, with all the charming Southern vividness of speech and gesture, and I seemed at every turn to have stepped unawares into one of his comedies. I believe this was the beginning of my revolt. But it was a good while yet before I found my own bearings. Boyesen. But permit me to say that it was an exquisitely delicate set of fresh Western senses you brought with you to Venice. When I was in Venice in 1878, I could not get away from you, however much I tried. I saw your old Venetian senator, in his august rags, roasting coffee; and I promenaded about for days in the chapters of your " Venetian Life," like the Knight Huldbrand in the Enchanted Forest in " Undine," and I could not find my way out. Of course, I know that, being what you were, you could not have helped writing that book, but what was the immediate cause of your writing it? Howells. From the day I arrived in Venice I kept a journal in which I noted down my impressions. I found a young pleasure in registering my sensations at the sight of notable things, and literary reminiscences usually shimmered through my observations. Then I received an offer from the "Boston Daily Advertiser " to write weekly or bi-weekly letters, for which they paid me five dollars, in greenbacks, a column, nonpareil. By the time this sum reached Venice, shaven and shorn by discounts for exchange in gold premium, it had usually shrunk to half its size or less. Still I was glad enough to get even that, and I kept on writing joyously. So the book grew in my hands until, at the time I resigned, in 1865, I was trying to have it published. I offered it successively to a number of English publishers; but they all declined it. At last Mr. Triibner agreed to take it, ... Paperback, Label: RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-05-21, Studio: RareBooksClub.com.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, amitcj.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... his plays were enacted before my eyes, with all the charming Southern vividness of speech and gesture, and I seemed at every turn to have stepped unawares into one of his comedies. I believe this was the beginning of my revolt. But it was a good while yet before I found my own bearings. Boyesen. But permit me to say that it was an exquisitely delicate set of fresh Western senses you brought with you to Venice. When I was in Venice in 1878, I could not get away from you, however much I tried. I saw your old Venetian senator, in his august rags, roasting coffee; and I promenaded about for days in the chapters of your " Venetian Life," like the Knight Huldbrand in the Enchanted Forest in " Undine," and I could not find my way out. Of course, I know that, being what you were, you could not have helped writing that book, but what was the immediate cause of your writing it? Howells. From the day I arrived in Venice I kept a journal in which I noted down my impressions. I found a young pleasure in registering my sensations at the sight of notable things, and literary reminiscences usually shimmered through my observations. Then I received an offer from the "Boston Daily Advertiser " to write weekly or bi-weekly letters, for which they paid me five dollars, in greenbacks, a column, nonpareil. By the time this sum reached Venice, shaven and shorn by discounts for exchange in gold premium, it had usually shrunk to half its size or less. Still I was glad enough to get even that, and I kept on writing joyously. So the book grew in my hands until, at the time I resigned, in 1865, I was trying to have it published. I offered it successively to a number of English publishers; but they all declined it. At last Mr. Triibner agreed to take it, ... Paperback, Label: RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-05-21, Studio: RareBooksClub.com.
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Human documents; portraits and biographies of eminent men (2012)
EN PBISBN: 9781236350640 bzw. 1236350642, in Englisch, RareBooksClub.com, Taschenbuch.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
RareBooksClub.com, 2012-05-21. Paperback. Used:Good. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
RareBooksClub.com, 2012-05-21. Paperback. Used:Good. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.
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Human Documents; Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Men (2012)
EN PB USISBN: 9781236350640 bzw. 1236350642, in Englisch, RareBooksClub. com, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Paperback.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Paperback.
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