 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 pages
...imitates a Frenchman but in his easy, disengaged air. He is vastly ceremonious, and is, perhaps, exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV. Such are the better bred. But the 35 downright Hollander is one of the oddest figures in nature. Upon a lank head of hair he wears a... | |
 | Emogene Sanford Simons - English language - 1906 - 220 pages
...imitates a Frenchman, but in his easy, disengaged air. He is vastly ceremonious, and is, perhaps, exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis...Hollander is one of the oddest figures in nature. Upon a lank head of hair he wears a half-cocked narrow hat, laced with black riband; no coat, but seven waistcoats... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - Art, Dutch - 1906 - 442 pages
...Leyden, although by what route, circuitous or direct, he reached that city we do not know. engaged air, which is the result of keeping polite company. The Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV. Such are the better bred.... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - English letters - 1907 - 456 pages
...Dutchman is quite a different creature from him of former times ; he in everything imitates a Frenchman, but in his easy disengaged air, which is the result...company. The Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis xiv. Such are the better bred.... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Letter-writing - 1908 - 312 pages
...Dutchman is quite a different creature from him of former times; he in everything imitates a Frenchman, but in his easy disengaged air, which is the result...company. The Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV. Such are the better bred.... | |
 | Frank Frankfort Moore - Authors, Irish - 1910 - 534 pages
...been fifty years before. The modern Dutchman," he continues, " in everything imitates a Frenchman, but in his easy, disengaged air, which is the result...company. The Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV." Here, by this little imaginative... | |
 | Mabel Duckitt - English letters - 1913 - 488 pages
...Dutchman is quite a different creature from him of former times ; he in everything imitates a Frenchman but in his easy disengaged air, which is the result...company. The Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV. Such are the better -bred.... | |
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Dutchman is vastly ceremonious, and is perhaps exactly what a Frenchman might have been in the reign of Louis XIV. Such are the better bred. But the downright Hollander is one of the oddest figures in nature : upon a head of lank hair he wears a half-cocked... 
