 ... speculations. Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors, rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary...  The Ladies' pocket magazine - Página 1881835Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1825 - 458 páginas
...works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature. " Wolfgang,...solitary and recluse, was of an ardent temperament, out, for a time, lit operated merely upon his imagination. He was too shy and ignorant of the world... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 412 páginas
...works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary goul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature. Wolfgang,...temperament, but for a time it operated merely upon bis imagination. He was too shy and ignorant of the world to make any advances to the fair ; but he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 566 páginas
...works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature. "Wolfgang,...was a passionate admirer of female beauty, and in hia lonely chamber would often lose himself in reveries on forms and faces which he had seen, and his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 páginas
...unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel-aouse of deca^cx? literature. Wolfgang, though solitary and recluse,...was too shy and ignorant of the world to make any advanced to the fair, but he was a passionate admirer of female beauty, and in his lonely chamber would... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 436 páginas
...food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel house of decayed literature. Wolfgang, though solitary and...temperament, but for a time it operated merely upon his imagina1 Emanuel Swedenborg (1688—1772), founder of the New Jerusalem Church. In his later life he... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1894 - 438 páginas
...was originally a theological college. The building is now occupied by the University of Paris. tion. He was too shy and ignorant of the world to make any advances to the fair, but he was ^passionate admirer of female beauty, and in his lonely chamber would often lose himself in reveries... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 582 páginas
...works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature. Wolfgang,...of the world to make any advances to the fair, but ha was a passionate admirer of female beauty, and in his lonely chamber would often lose himself in... | |
 | George Haven Putnam, John Bishop Putnam - 1897 - 332 páginas
...literature. ^Wolfgang, a ,»jf * though fsolitary and recluse, was of an ardent •Tern- O,O, "* perament, but for a time it operated merely upon his imagination. He was toqshy and ignorant of the worldrto l)sj/yj, fflFtM make any advances to the fair, but he was a passionate/ad-... | |
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