 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 Seiten
...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagles' claws. Instead of a sceptre he swayed a long Turkish...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | 1821 - 732 Seiten
...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in t5ie celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 Seiten
...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagles' claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish...Amsterdam, which hung in a black frame against the op- ( posite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 Seiten
...he slept the remaining twelve of the four-and-twenty. Such was the renowned Wouter Van Twiller — a true philosopher, for his mind was either elevated...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 Seiten
...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagles' claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1825 - 356 Seiten
...swayed a long Turkish pipe, wronght with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stallholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one...right knee with a constant motion, and fixing his eyes for hours together upon a little print of Amsterdam, which bung; in a black frame against the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1826 - 452 Seiten
...about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's * HIS BEHAVIOUR IN THE COUNCIL. 165 claws. Instead of a sceptre he swayed a long Turkish...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagles' claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 Seiten
...Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagles' claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stallholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one...in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and... | |
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Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre he swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion... 
