 This was clearly accounted for by his adherents, who affirmed that he always conceived every subject on so comprehensive a scale, that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both sides of it ; so that he always remained in doubt, merely...  Washington Irving - Página 202por Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 304 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1899 - 276 páginas
...common or unavoidable. 2. With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. 3. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. 4. He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six feet five inches in circumference. 5. He... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 páginas
...through the whole course of a long and prosperous life. With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted...the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived 10 every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1903 - 504 páginas
...through the whole course of a long and prosperous life. With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted...the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived 10 every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 296 páginas
...through the whole course of a long and prosperous life. With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted...the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived 10 every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - 1904 - 296 páginas
...through the whole course of a long and prosperous life. With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted...the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived 10 every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1909 - 336 páginas
..."Well! I see nothing in all that to laugh about." 20 With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted...examine both sides of it. Certain it is, that, if 25 any matter were propounded to him on which ordinary mortals would rashly determine at first glance,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1909 - 320 páginas
...' Well ! I see nothing in all that to laugh about.' " With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of tis ideas. He conceived every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn... | |
 | New York Chamber of Commerce - 1914 - 616 páginas
...his faults IRVING says he conceived every subject on so grand a scale, even the smallest of subjects, that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both sides of it. With all his greatness, VAN TWILI.KR forgot the sense of proportion and the proper equation of things.... | |
 | New York (State). Governor (1913-1914 : Glynn) - 1926 - 1328 páginas
...faults. Irving says he conceived every subject on so grand a scale, even the smallest of subjects, that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both sides of it. With all his greatness, Van Twiller forgot the sense of proportion and the proper equation of things.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1927 - 572 páginas
...accounted for by his adherents, who affirmed that he always conceived every object on so comprehensive a scale, that he had not room in his head, to turn it over and examine both sides of it, so that he always remained in doubt, merely in consequence of the astonishing magnitude of his ideas!... | |
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