 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
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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. 190 READINGS FROM AMERICAN LITERATURE THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 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... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 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 Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 páginas
...decline the admission of 25 still more, which would have tended to heighten the coloring of his portrait. I have been the more anxious to delineate fully the person and habits of the renowned Van Twiller, from the consideration that he was not only the first, but also the best... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 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. acumen that gave flattering presage of a wise and equitable administration. The morning after he had... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1927 - 572 páginas
...carpet, the renowned Wouter would absolutely 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 aifficulty I have been enabled to collect these biographical anecdotes of the... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 páginas
...habits were as regular as his person. He daily took his four stated meals, appropriating exactly an hour disturbed by external objects; and at such times the...sounds, which his admirers declared were merely the noises of conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions. It is with infinite difficulty I have... | |
 | Leary - 50 páginas
...world by closing his eyes for hours at a time, his active intelligence producing all the while "certain guttural sounds, which his admirers declared were...conflict made by his contending doubts and opinions." Irving's weapon was less often the rapier than what Stanley Williams has described as a "true Dutch... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1971 - 1514 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. To assist the doubtful Wouter in the arduous business of legislation, a boa I'd of magistrates was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 páginas
...carpet, the renowned Wouter would absolutely 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... | |
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