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 Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - الصفحة 124المحررون: - 1810عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...abundance and tranquillity of those halcyon days : — " The renowned "Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world :... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 916
...renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller, was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who haJ successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat...the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam ; and who had comporu-d themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety, that they were never either heard or... | |
| Washington Irving - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 558
...this was to be a happy and prosperous administration. The renowned "Wbuter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and t rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some "" men make a figure in the world... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 358
...abundance and tranquillity of those halcyon days : — " The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed away their lives, aud grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam ; and who had comported themselves with such... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...colonists of New Amsterdam (now New York City.) PART I. 1. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. 2. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 492
...colonists of New Amsterdam (now New York City.) PART I. 1. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. 2. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world... | |
| John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...open latest. DOUGLAS JERROLD. 36. WOUTER VAN TWILLER. 1. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all ages, magistrates, and rulers. 2. His surname, Twiller, is said to be a corruption of the original... | |
| Washington Irving - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...meeting any more ! SALMAGUNDI. •WOTJTER VAN TWILLER. THE renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...universally applauded, should be the object of ambition to all sage magistrates and rulers. His surname of Twiller is said to be a corruption of the original... | |
| 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...that this was to be a happy and prosperous administration. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world ;... | |
| Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...that this was to be a happy and prosperous administration. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters,...propriety, that they were never either heard or talked of—which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates... | |
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