...been moulded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. He was exactly five feet six inches in height and...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...

...been moulded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...

...Killian Van Rensselaer, the patroon of Albany. Irving has thus sketched this redoubtable governor : " He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...

...have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. THE CREOLE VILLAGE. HE [Governor Van Twiller] was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions, that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...

...as to warrant its introduction here. It is as follows : " He was exactly five feet six inches high, and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...

...the doubter." He was a handsome man, according to the Dutch idea, a model of majesty and proportion. He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that dame Nature, with all her ingenuity, would not be able to construct...

...for its proper advancement and improvement. " Wouter Van Twiller," says Diedrich Knickerbocker, " was five feet six inches in height and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, which rested sans neck on the top of his backbone. His legs were short but sturdy, and his two gray...

...Manhattan Island. Then we read of the golden reign of the first Dutch governor, Wouter Van Twiller, who was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six feet five inches in circumference, and who ate four hours a day, smoked eight, and slept twelve, and so administered the affairs of the...

...over the animated accounts of the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam, — Walter the Doubter, " exactly five feet six inches in height and six feet five inches in circumference," whose " habits were as regular as his person," for "he daily took his four stated meals, appropriating...

...been molded by the hands of some cunning Dutch statuary, as a model of majesty and lordly grandeur. He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and...circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...