 The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters who had successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam, and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Strana 2381821Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Hamilton James Eckenrode - 1922 - 392 str.
...York, by Washington Irving. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van T wilier was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed...grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam. The person of this illustrious gentleman was as regularly formed and nobly proportioned as though it... | |
 | Louis J. Budd, Edwin Harrison Cady - 1992 - 296 str.
...described as perfectly suited to its pipe-smoking political inactivity. Twiller comes from a family who "were never either heard or talked of — which, next...object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers" (p. 114). Walter is a fit son of such parents, for rather than by "talking a vast deal and thinking... | |
 | Louis J. Budd, Edwin Harrison Cady - 1992 - 302 str.
...described as perfectly suited to its pipe-smoking political inactivity. Twiller comes from a family who "were never either heard or talked of — which, next...universally applauded, should be the object of ambition 'P. 75of all sage magistrates and rulers" (p. 114). Walter is a fit son of such parents, for rather... | |
 | 1846 - 674 str.
...partook of their national drowsiness, having "descended from a long line of Dutch, Burgomasters, who had dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench...object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers." The Dutch in the service of HMF Majesty of Portugal appeared upon amicable terms either on parade or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 910 str.
...and prosperous administration. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller, was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed...which, next to being universally applauded, should be»the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 428 str.
...to be distinct and tpirited.'] The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Von Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed...lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Ilotterdam ; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety, that they were... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 str.
...and grown fat upon the beneh of magistraey in Rotterdam, and whe had eomported themselves with sueh singular wisdom and propriety that they were never either heard or talked of, — whieh, next to being universally applaaded, sheuld he the objeet of ambition of all magistrates... | |
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