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" ... universally denominated William the Testy. His appearance answered to his name. He was a brisk, wiry, waspish little old gentleman ; such a one as may now and then be seen stumping about our city in a broad-skirted coat with huge buttons, a cocked... "
Works - Página 202
por Washington Irving - 1851
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - 1860 - 516 páginas
...authentic etymologists, was a corruption of Kyver ; that is to say, a wrangler or scolder ; and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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The Works of Washington Irving, Volumen1

Washington Irving - 1860 - 486 páginas
...authentic etymologists, was a corruption of Kyver ; that is to say, a wrangler or scolder ; and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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The Works of Washington Irving, Volumen1

Washington Irving - 1860 - 498 páginas
...wiry, waspish little old gentleman ; such a one as may now and then be seen stumping about our citv in a broad-skirted coat with huge buttons, a cocked...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - 1864 - 538 páginas
...authentic etymologists, was a corruption of Kyver, that is to say, a wrangler or scolder, and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - 1865 - 540 páginas
...authentic etymologists, was a corruption of Kyver, that is to say, a wrangler or scolder, and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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Memoir of Washington Irving: With Selections from His Works, and Criticisms

Charles Adams - 1870 - 322 páginas
...his chin. His face was broad, but his features were sharp ; his cheeks were scorched into a dusky E j red by two fiery little gray eyes ; his nose turned...down, pretty much like the muzzle of an irritable dog." The well-dressed lady of the golden age of the Dutch dynasty is thus presented : " A fine lady...
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Irving's Works: A history of New York

Washington Irving - 1882 - 558 páginas
...city in a broad-skirted coat with huge buttons, a cocked hat stuck on the back WILLIAM THE TE8TT. 231 of his head, and a cane as high as his chin. His face...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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American Humor: Beecher, Hawthorne, Holmes, Irving, Longfellow, Etc

1886 - 332 páginas
...wrangler or scolder, and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly two centuries, have kept the •windy town of Saardam in hot water, and...but if haply she withers as she grows old, she lives forever. Such promised to be the case with William the Testy, who grew tough in proportion as he dried....
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Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, Volumen1

Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1886 - 310 páginas
...wrangler or scolder, and expressed the characteristic of his family, which, for nearly two centuries, have kept the windy town of Saardam in hot water, and produced...down, pretty much like the muzzle of an irritable pug-clog. I have heard it observed by a profound adept in human physiology, that if a woman waxes fat...
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A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - 1888 - 542 páginas
...broad, but his features were sharp ; his cheeks were scorched into a dusky red by two fiery little gniy eyes his nose turned up, and the corners of his mouth turned down, pretty much like the muzzle of in irritable pug-dog. I have heard it observed by a profound adept in human physiology, that if a woman...
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