New Amsterdam, for the people immediately perceived that they had a very wise and equitable magistrate to rule over them. But its happiest effect was, that not another lawsuit took place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of constable... The Edinburgh Monthly Review - Page 2451821Full view - About this book
| Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire - Bar associations - 1903 - 1012 pages
...whole of Governor Van Twiller's administration, while the office of constable fell into such decay, that there was not one of those losel scouts known in the province for many years, this Utopian state of things was not permanent, either in New Amsterdam or in the other provinces.... | |
| Thomas Lansing Masson, Thomas L. Masson - American wit and humor - 1903 - 216 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...a miraculous event in the history of the renowned Wouter — being the only time he was ever known to come to a decision in the whole course of his life.... | |
| Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 504 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of con10 stable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...righteous judgments on record and well worthy the atten15 tion of modern magistrates, but because it was a miraculous event in the history of the renowned... | |
| Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1903 - 504 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of con10 stable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...righteous judgments on record and well worthy the atten15 tion of modern magistrates, but because it was a miraculous event in the history of the renowned... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - American essays - 1904 - 462 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration ; and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...a miraculous event in the history of the renowned Wouter — being the only time he was ever known to come to a decision in the whole course of his life."... | |
| Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of con10 stable fell "into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...righteous judgments on record and well worthy the atten15 tion of modern magistrates, but because it was a miraculous event in the history of the renowned... | |
| Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 296 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration ; and the office of con10 stable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...righteous judgments on record and well worthy the atten15 tion of modern magistrates, but because it was a miraculous event in the history of the renowned... | |
| Lionel Strachey - Wit and humor - 1905 - 318 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration; and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...a miraculous event in the history of the renowned Wouter — being the only time he was ever known to come to a decision in the whole course of his life.... | |
| Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - American literature - 1905 - 614 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration, and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...a miraculous event in the history of the renowned Wouter— being the only time he was ever known to come to a decision in the whole course of his life.... | |
| Readers, American - 1905 - 474 pages
...place throughout the whole of his administration ; and the office of constable fell into such decay that there was not one of those losel scouts known...years. I am the more particular in dwelling on this transac tion, not only because I deem it one of the most sage and righteous judgments on record and... | |
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