Washington IrvingHoughton, Mifflin, 1884 - 304 páginas |
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... Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a toast , having come out of one such encounter with fair credit , did not care to tempt Providence further . The thought of making a dinner - table speech threw him ...
... Dutch Herodotus , Diedrich Knickerbock- er , " to use the phrase of a toast , having come out of one such encounter with fair credit , did not care to tempt Providence further . The thought of making a dinner - table speech threw him ...
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... Dutch cottage , built about a century before , and inhabited by one of the Van Tassels . This was enlarged , still pre- serving the quaint Dutch characteristics ; it acquired a tower and a whimsical weather- cock , the delight of the ...
... Dutch cottage , built about a century before , and inhabited by one of the Van Tassels . This was enlarged , still pre- serving the quaint Dutch characteristics ; it acquired a tower and a whimsical weather- cock , the delight of the ...
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... Dutch settlers of the Nieuw Neder- landts are supposed to have sailed from Amsterdam in a ship called the Goede Vrouw , built by the carpenters of that city , who always model their ships on the fair forms of their country women . This ...
... Dutch settlers of the Nieuw Neder- landts are supposed to have sailed from Amsterdam in a ship called the Goede Vrouw , built by the carpenters of that city , who always model their ships on the fair forms of their country women . This ...
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... Dutch negroes at Communipaw , who , like most other negroes , are famous for their risible powers . This is pe- culiarly the case on Sunday evenings , when , it is remarked by an ingenious and observant philos- opher , who has made ...
... Dutch negroes at Communipaw , who , like most other negroes , are famous for their risible powers . This is pe- culiarly the case on Sunday evenings , when , it is remarked by an ingenious and observant philos- opher , who has made ...
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... Dutch forefathers have retreated , and where they are cherished with devout and scrupulous strict- ness . The dress of the original settlers is handed down inviolate , from father to son : the identical broad - brimmed hat , broad ...
... Dutch forefathers have retreated , and where they are cherished with devout and scrupulous strict- ness . The dress of the original settlers is handed down inviolate , from father to son : the identical broad - brimmed hat , broad ...
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