 Irving's instance, as in others, the old country was glad and eager to pay them. In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. Party wars are perpetually raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Page 226by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 418 pages
...the University, crowned, and honored, and admired. He had not in any way intrigued for his honors, he had fairly won them; and, in Irving's instance,...raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness against individuals which exceed British, almost Irish virulence. It seemed to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English essays - 1863 - 316 pages
...the University, crowned, and honored, and admired. He had not in any way intrigued for his honors, he had fairly won them; and, in Irving's instance,...raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness against individuals which exceed British, almost Irish virulence. It seemed to... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...it not also gratefully remembered ? If he ate our salt, did he not pay us with a thankful heart? 4 In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. It seemed to me, during a year's travel in the country, as if no one ever aimed a blow at Irving. All... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...it not also gratefully remembered? If he ate our salt, did he not pay us with a thankful heart ? 4. In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. It seemed to me, during a year's travel in the country, as if no one ever aimed a blow at Irving. All... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...it not also gratefully remembered? If he ate our salt, did he not pay us with a thankful heart ? 4. In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. It seemed to me, during a year's travel in the country, as if no one ever aimed a blow at Irving. All... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...by the University, crowned and honored and admired. He had not in any way intrigued for his honors, he had fairly won them ; and in Irving's instance,...raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness against individuals which excced British, almost Irish, virulence. It scemed... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 pages
...it not also gratefully remembered ? If he ate our salt, did he not pay us with a thankful heart ? 4. In America the love and regard for Irving was a national sentiment. It seemed to me, during a year's travel in the country, as if no one ever aimed a blow at Irving. All... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English fiction - 1879 - 380 pages
...abundant European testimonials is still treated with respect (I have found American writers, of wide-world reputation, strangely solicitous about the opinions...wars are perpetually raging there, and are carried on * See his Life in the most remarkable Dictionary of Authors, published lately at Philadelphia, by Mr.... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Children's Literature, English - 1880 - 240 pages
...by the University, crowned and honored and admired. He had not in any way intrigued for his honors, he had fairly won them; and, in Irving's instance,...raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness against individuals which exceed British, almost Irish, virulence. It seemed... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 234 pages
...by the University, crowned and honored and admired. He had not in any way intrigued for his honors, he had fairly won them; and, in Irving's instance,...raging there, and are carried on by the press with a rancor and fierceness against individuals which exceed British, almost Irish, virulence. It seemed... | |
| |
