... philosopher; for his mind was either elevated above, or tranquilly settled below, the cares and perplexities of this world. He had lived in it for years, without feeling the least curiosity to know whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the... The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 2431821Full view - About this book
| Washington Irving - 1927 - 572 pages
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been theories by which a philosopher would have perplexed...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Ampuzzled to construct... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1971 - 1514 pages
...Providence, seeing that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labor of walking. In his 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 timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
| Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 pages
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
| 1821 - 774 pages
...settled below the cares and perplexities of this world. He had lived in it for years, without feeling the least curiosity to know whether the sun revolved...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 910 pages
...know whether tKe sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
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