... theories by which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain, in accounting for its rising above the surrounding atmosphere. " In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated... The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Strana 2431821Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 538 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stodtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 str.
...hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced " timmerman " [carpenter] of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet into exact imitation of eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmine... | |
| Washington Irving - 1871 - 532 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feel, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish... | |
| 1875 - 324 str.
...chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timberman of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms...imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a scepter, he swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmine and amber, which had been presented to... | |
| 1879 - 308 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, . . . and instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long, Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber. . . . The very outset of the career of this excellent magistrate was distinguished by an example of... | |
| 1879 - 308 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, . . . and instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long, Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber. . . . The very outset of the career of this excellent magistrate was distinguished by an example of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1880 - 562 str.
...fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously carved GOVERNOR VAN TWILLER. 163 aloout the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre, lie swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 336 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the pfetty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, ami this magnificent pipe would he smoke,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 326 str.
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stacltholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 916 str.
...presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrate*! forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and f«-.-t, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a HISTORY OF NEW YORK. sceptre... | |
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