 I am convinced, will it be the least of his merits in your eyes, that his writings are imbued with the independent spirit, and the buoyant aspirations incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country.  The Athenaeum - Page 1441832Full view - About this book
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...power of clothing his descriptions " with moral associations that make them speak to the heart," " an independent spirit, and the buoyant aspirations incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country*," are among the charming characteristics of this American poet. We will only add, that the whole, while... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pages
...but to the last part of this elegant panegyric. There are no fierce extremes in Mr Bryant's poetry. That his writings " are imbued with the independent...incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country," will not, says Mr Irving, be the " least of his merits " in the eyes of Mr Eogers, to whom the volume... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pages
...but to the last part of this elegant panegyric. There are no fierce extremes in Mr Bryant's poetry. That his writings " are imbued with the independent...incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country," will not, says Mr Irving, be the " least of his merits " in the eyes of Mr Eogers, to whom the volume... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 416 pages
...but to the last part of this elegant panegyric. There are no fierce extremes in Mr Bryant's poetry. That his writings " are imbued with the independent...incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country," will not, says Mr Irving, be the " least of his merits " in the eyes of Mr Rogers, to whom the volume... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1858 - 1022 pages
...Jiurns siivs, | 'our hearts rejoice in nature's joy,' and in our serene sympathy we love the poet. . . . That his writings 'are imbued with the independent spirit and the buoyant aspiratiuns incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country,* will not, says Mr. In ing, be the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1859 - 1030 pages
...Hums says, 'our hearts rejoice in nature's joy,' and in our serene sympathy we love the poet. . . . That his writings 'are Imbued with the independent spirit and the buoyant aspirations incident to a youthfut a free, and a rising country,' will not, says Mr. Irving, lie tho • least of his merits.'... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 584 pages
...the least of his merits in your eyes, that his writings are imbued with the independent spirit and buoyant aspirations incident to a youthful, a free,...flattering myself that they will be received as pure gems, wjiicli, though produced in a foreign clime, are worthy of being carefully preserved in the common... | |
 | Pierre Munroe Irving - Authors, American - 1862 - 428 pages
...the least of his merits in your eyes, that his writings are imbued with the independent spirit and buoyant aspirations incident to a youthful, a free,...success on their own merits ; though I cannot help nattering myself that they will be received as pure gems, which, though produced in a foreign clime,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1865 - 444 pages
...but to the last part of this elegant panegyric. There are no fierce extremes in Mr Bryant's poetry. That his writings " are imbued with the independent...incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country," will not, says Mr Irving, be the " least of his merits " in the eyes of Mr Rogers, to whom the volume... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1879 - 256 pages
...be the least of his merits in your eyes that his writings are imbued with the independent spirit and buoyant aspirations incident to a youthful, a free, and a rising country." L Although his associate Leggett was bitter in his attack upon Irving, Bryant himself did not share... | |
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