Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Washington Irving
Born: April 3, 1783
Died: November 28, 1859 (aged 76)
Bio: Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
Known for:
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)
- Gottfried Crayon's Skizzenbuch (1819)
- Tales of the Alhambra (1832)
- A History of New York (1809)
Washington Irving Quotes