Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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)
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