 ... 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 of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit,...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 2391821Full view - About this book
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 pages
...been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this...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 Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this...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... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 pages
...sit, and this magnificent pipe would he smoke, shaking his right knee with a constant motion, and 1o fixing his eye for hours together upon a little print...deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would absolutely shut his eyes for i5 full two hours at a time, that... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 pages
...been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit and this...with a constant motion, and fixing his eye for hours upon a little print of Amsterdam which hung in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council-chamber.... | |
 | Hamilton James Eckenrode - 1922 - 392 pages
...scepter, he swayed a long Turkish pipe. In this stately chair he would ,sit, and this pipe he would smoke, shaking his right knee with a constant motion and fixing his eyes for hours together upon a little print of Amsterdam that hung against the opposite wall. To assist... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1927 - 572 pages
...presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. — In this - stately chair would he sit,...opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has ever been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would were short, but sturdy in proportion to 20 he smoke, shaking his right knee with the weight they had... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1971 - 1506 pages
...presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the, conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. It has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 pages
...presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty' Barbary powers. — In this stately chair would he sit, and...opposite wall of the council chamber. Nay, it has ever been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 910 pages
...presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this...deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not... | |
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