...of Letters sent to the Old." Irving's own explanation of the English interest in him was this : " I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature...in his hand instead of on his head ; and there was curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about civilised society." This curiosity did not exist...

...European readers, that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature...with a feather in his hand, instead of on his head." Yet nothing could well be more elegant and urbane than the varied contents of The Sketch-Book, —...

...matter of marvel that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature...civilized society. This novelty is now at an end, and, of course, the feeling of indulgence which it produced. I must now expect to bear the scrutiny...

...European readers, that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature;...civilized society. This novelty is now at an end, and of course the feeling of indulgence which it produced. I must now expect to bear the scrutiny of...

...readers," he writes, " that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature, a kind of demi* savage with a feather in his hand instead of on his head." V Though the names thus given to our...

...European readers, that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I wae looked upon as something new and strange in literature; a kind of demi-savage, with a feather in hie hand instead of on his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about...

...marvel, that a man from the wilds of America, should express himself in tolerable English. I was 53 looked upon as something new and strange in literature;...hear what such a being had to say about civilized society.39 'The Stout Gentleman' may well be a parody of the process of 'associated ideas' which occurs...

...matter of marvel, that a man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature;...civilized society. This novelty is now at an end, and of course the feeling of indulgence which it produced. I must now expect to bear the scrutiny of...

...express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature; as a kind of demi-savage, with a feather in his hand...what such a being had to say about civilized society. . . . Having been born and brought up in a new country, yet educated from infancy in the literature...

...stereotype, reminding readers of his reception by the British people when the Sketch Book came out: "I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature;...demi-savage, with a feather in his hand, instead of it on his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about civilized society."...