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Washington Irving
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Definition:[1783 - 1859]an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820)text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
portrait: by John Wesley Jarvis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Washington_Irving_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_in_1809.jpg
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"I would have signed them if I had."
"With whose name? [...] Yours or Washington Irvings?"
"With my own name," Major Major told him. "I don't even know Washington Irving's name.
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.95 (1961)
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They might have been genuine descendants of the inhabitants of that Hollandic town of Broeck, celebrated by Washington Irving, where the cows’ tails are kept tied up with unsullied blue ribbons, and the ends of the fire-wood are painted white.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Household Papers and Stories (1896)
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