 ... 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a centurv, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling, without...accounting for its rising above the surrounding atmosphere. Knickerbocker. JOSEPH S. BUCKMINSTER, 1784—1812. JOSEPH STSVKNS BUCKMINSTER was born in Portsmouth,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 lehte
...whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun ; and he had watched, for at least half a ccntury, the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling, without...once troubling his head with any of those numerous theorics by which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain, in accounting for its rising above... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 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,...council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sate in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague, fabricated by an experienced... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 546 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 -.vith great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1871 - 532 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,...which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain, iii accounting for its rising above the surrounding atmosphere. In his council he presided with great... | |
 | 1875 - 324 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,...accounting for its rising above the surrounding atmosphere. 7. In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak,... | |
 | 1879 - 308 lehte
...and rarely spoke except in monosyllables, but then it was allowed he seldom said a foolish thing. ... In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, . . . and instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long, Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber. . .... | |
 | 1879 - 308 lehte
...and rarely spoke except in monosyllables, but then it was allowed he seldom said a foolish thing. ... In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, . . . and instead of a sceptre, he swayed a long, Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber. . .... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 336 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,...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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 324 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,...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... | |
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