 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1900 - 170 pages
...such matters, and am very willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...anecdotes of goblins and great men; and would advise all travelers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us whether these stories... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 454 pages
...such matters, and am very willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...anecdotes of goblins and great men; and would advise all travelers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us whether these stories... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 218 pages
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity 1 The legend runs that the house in which the Virgin was born was carried by... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 538 pages
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade our- 5 selves into the belief of them and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 546 pages
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade our- 5 selves into the belief of them and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 216 pages
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travelers 1 An English admiral, historian, and poet (1552-1618), He was credited with doing much to... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1901 - 542 pages
...same. What is it to us whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade our- 5 selves into the belief of them and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute, goodhumored credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1902 - 228 pages
...the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, _and local anecdotes of goblins and great men; and would...charm of 'the reality? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1902 - 204 pages
...Casa (" Holy House ") is reputed to be the house of the Virgin, transported by angels from Nazareth. who travel for their gratification to be the same....charm of the reality? There is nothing like resolute good-humored credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion I went even so far as willingly to believe... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 814 pages
...such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends,...charm of the reality '( There is nothing like resolute good-humoured credulity in these matters ; and on this occasion 1 went even so far as willingly to... | |
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I am always of easy faith in such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travellers... 
