 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam ; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rnlers. "His surname of T wilier, is said to be a corruption of the original... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 444 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam ; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...propriety, that they were never either heard or talked of—which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pagina’s
...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers. "His surname of Tvvlller, is said to be a corruption of the original Twijfler, which in English means dovbter ia name admirably descriptive of his deliberative habits. For though he was a man, shut up... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1812 - 306 pagina’s
...upon the bench of magiftracy in Rotterdam 5 and who had comported themfelves with fuch fingular wifdom and propriety, that they were never either heard or talked of — which, next to being univerfally applauded, fhould be the object of ambition of all fage magiftrates and rulers. His furname... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers, His surname of Twiller, is said to be a corruption of the original... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 310 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers. His surname of Twiller, is said to be a corruption of the original... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 pagina’s
...Vroiiw, and take up that of the first governour of New Amsterdam, Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller. ' His surname of Twiller is said to be a corruption of the original Tivijfler, which in English means doubter ; a name admirably descriptive of his deliberative habits.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 362 pagina’s
...heard or talked of — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates and rulers. His surname of Twiller is said to be a corruption of the original Timjfler, which in English means doubter ; a name admirably descriptive of his deliberative habits.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam, and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...propriety that they were never either heard or talked of—which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all sage magistrates... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 pagina’s
...successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam ; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...Twiller, is said to be a corruption of the original Twijjler, which in English means doubter ; a. name admirably descriptive of his deliberative habits.... | |
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The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam, and who had comported themselves with such singular... 
