 Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time that he might not be disturbed by external objects; and at such times the internal commotion of his mind was evinced by certain regular guttural sounds which, his admirers declared, were merely the...  Washington Irving - Página 205por Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 304 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 558 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes, for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. It is with infinite difficulty I have been enabled to collect these biographical anecdotes of the great... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 504 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...conflict made by his contending doubts and opinions. 3. The very outset of the career of this excellent magistrate was distinguished by an example of legal... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...conflict made by his contending doubts and opinions. 3. The very outset of the career of this excellent magistrate was distinguished by an example of legal... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1886 - 328 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects; and at such...conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. It is with infinite difficulty I have been enabled to collect these biographical anecdotes of the great... | |
 | 1886 - 332 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. It is with infinite difficulty I have been enabled to collect these biographical anecdotes of the great... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1886 - 310 páginas
...on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...declared were merely the noise of conflict, made by his con tending doubts and opinions. It is with infinite difficulty I have been enabled to collect these... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 páginas
...shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects—and at such times the internal commotion of his mind was...conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. PETER THE HEADSTRONG. [From the Same. ] TDETER STUYVESANT was the last, and, like the renowned J- Wouter... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 páginas
...was on the carpet the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects ; and at such...conflict made by his contending doubts and opinions. . . . The very outset of the career of this excellent magis1rate was distinguished by an example of... | |
 | 1891 - 208 páginas
...renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by any external objects; and at such times the internal commotion...conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. THE TUNKUNTEL "W HAT is a Tunkuntel ? " he usked, " And have you got one here ? Why don't you let me... | |
 | 1897 - 42 páginas
...he would shut his eyes that he might think better, and sometimes they were shut for full two hours. At such times the internal commotion of his mind was evinced by certain regular, gutteral sounds which emerged from his mouth. His friends said it was the noise of conflict in his... | |
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