 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 504 pages
...sting. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...propriety that they were never either heard or talked is of, — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 504 pages
...comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety that they were never either heard or talked w of, — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - American essays - 1904 - 462 pages
...(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...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world :... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...sting. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...propriety that they were never either heard or talked i5 of, — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...sting. The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...propriety that they were never either heard or talked 15 of, — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety that they were never either heard or talked 15 of, — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 316 pages
...(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...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one,... | |
 | Readers, American - 1905 - 474 pages
...The renowned W outer (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world ;... | |
 | Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - American literature - 1905 - 614 pages
...(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...propriety that they were never either heard or talked of—which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1907 - 374 pages
...(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...applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers. There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world; one,... | |
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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 wisdom... 
