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Washington Irving was an American author known for his significant contributions to American literature. His works, including 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', have had a profound impact on American literature.

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“There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have his strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. He who plants a tree looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing could be less selfish than this.”

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Author:Washington Irving

“The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated, except by those whose feelings are withered by vitiated society. Holy, simple, and beautiful in its construction, it is the emblem of all we can imagine of fidelity and truth.”

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“There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.”

Simple Tree Taste Pure Forests Cultivation

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“The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.”

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Book:The complete works of Washington Irving in one volume with a memoir of the author

Source: The complete works of Washington Irving in one volume with a memoir of the author

“The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.”

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Author:Washington Irving

“The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.”

Age Literature Language Modern Pure Draws Library Forgotten British Classic Collections Pool Immense Volume Obsolete Buckets

Book:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: Or, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories: Or, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

“A few amber clouds floated in the sky without a breath of air to move them. The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing gradually into a pure apple-green, and from that into the deep blue of the mid-heaven.”

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Book:Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Source: Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories