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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive and ... - Page 177
by Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827
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The Works of Washington Irving...

Washington Irving - 1881 - 916 pages
...arms and f«-.-t, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a HISTORY OF NEW YORK. 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...
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Washington Irving

Charles Dudley Warner - Literary Criticism - 1881 - 336 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 of the pfetty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, ami this magnificent pipe would he smoke,...
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Irving's Works: A history of New York

Washington Irving - 1882 - 558 pages
...feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Torkish 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...
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Swinton's Reader and Speaker, Volume 5

William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmine and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. 2. In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would he smoke, shaking his right...
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Swinton's Fifth Reader and Speaker

William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmine and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. 2. In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would he smoke, shaking his right...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving ...

Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...accounting for its rising above the surrounding atmosphere. In his council he presided with great sfcite and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak,...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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Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Volume 1

Edward Tuckerman Mason - American wit and humor - 1886 - 310 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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American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Etc

American literature - 1886 - 332 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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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 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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A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1888 - 542 pages
...Bterdam, and curiously carved &bout the arms and feet, into exact imi.atious of gigantic eagle's daws. Instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long Turkish pipe, wrought with jasuxin and amber which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland at the cc«ncJiision cf a treaty...
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