 ... philosopher; for his mind was either elevated above, or tranquilly settled below, the cares and perplexities of this world. He had lived in it for years, without feeling the least curiosity to know whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the...  The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 2431821Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1825 - 356 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...perplexed his brain, in accounting for its rising ahove the surrounding atmosphere. In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1826 - 452 lehte
...round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curiing from his pipe to the ceiling, without once troubling...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had even watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 354 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had even watched for at least hull' a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling, without once trouhling his head with any of those nnmerous theories, hy which a philosopher would have perplexed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 292 lehte
...know whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...surrounding atmosphere. In his council he presided with^nreat state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chaitloT solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had even watched for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced Timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 lehte
...whether the sun revolved around it, or it round the sun ; and he had even watched for at least half a century, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling,...would have perplexed his brain, in accounting for its arising above the surrounding atmosphere. In his council he presided with great state and solemnity.... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 lehte
...sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a century, the 15 smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling, without...head with any of those numerous theories, by which the philosopher would have perplexed his brain, in accounting for its rising above the surrounding... | |
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