 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...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...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...form, particularly capacious at bottom ; which was wisely ordered by providence, seeing that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1828 - 354 pages
...swayed a long Turkish pipe, wronght with jasmin and amher, which had hten presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barhary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would he smoke, shaking... | |
 | Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1829 - 292 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude, in a hazy firmament ; and his full-fed cheeks which seemed to have taken toll of every thing...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1836 - 442 pages
...chair of solid oak hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmennan of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - Dutch Americans - 1848 - 472 pages
...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...chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would ho smoke, shaking his right knee with a constant motion, and fixing his eye for hours together upon... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 472 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 476 pages
...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...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... | |
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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 pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the... 
