A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. : Containing Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam; Being the Only Authentic History of the Time that Ever Hath Been, Or Ever Will be Published, Volume 2Inskeep & Bradford, 1809 |
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... appearance was inex- pressibly heightened by an accidental advantage , with which I am surprised that neither Homer nor Virgil have graced any of their heroes , for it is worth all the paltry scars and wounds in the Iliad and Eneid , or ...
... appearance was inex- pressibly heightened by an accidental advantage , with which I am surprised that neither Homer nor Virgil have graced any of their heroes , for it is worth all the paltry scars and wounds in the Iliad and Eneid , or ...
Pagina 56
... towns were so occupied in detecting and punishing the knowing old women , that had pro- duced these alarming appearances , that for a while the province of New Nederlandt and its inhabitants were totally 56 HISTORY OF CHAP VII.' ...
... towns were so occupied in detecting and punishing the knowing old women , that had pro- duced these alarming appearances , that for a while the province of New Nederlandt and its inhabitants were totally 56 HISTORY OF CHAP VII.' ...
Pagina 86
... appearance at the garrison at day break , with the whole neighbourhood at his heels ; like a scoundrel thief of a fox , detected in his maraudings and hunt- ed to his hole . Such was this Dirk Schuiler ; and from the total indifference ...
... appearance at the garrison at day break , with the whole neighbourhood at his heels ; like a scoundrel thief of a fox , detected in his maraudings and hunt- ed to his hole . Such was this Dirk Schuiler ; and from the total indifference ...
Pagina 113
... appearance ? They were merely attracted by a new face ; many of them only stared me full in the title page , and then walked off without saying a word ; while others lingered yawningly through the preface , and having gratified their ...
... appearance ? They were merely attracted by a new face ; many of them only stared me full in the title page , and then walked off without saying a word ; while others lingered yawningly through the preface , and having gratified their ...
Pagina 120
... appearance before Fort Casimer . Having summoned the astonished garrison by a terrific blast from the trumpet of the long winded Van Corlear , he demanded , in a tone of thunder , an in- stant surrender of the fort . To this demand Suen ...
... appearance before Fort Casimer . Having summoned the astonished garrison by a terrific blast from the trumpet of the long winded Van Corlear , he demanded , in a tone of thunder , an in- stant surrender of the fort . To this demand Suen ...
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Pagina 186 - You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.
Pagina 58 - Some five or six inches long. so .Had you but seen him in this dress, How fierce he look'd and how big, You would have thought him for to be Some Egyptian porcupig. He frighted all, cats, dogs, and all, 35 Each cow, each horse, and each hog : For fear they did flee, for they took him to be Some strange outlandish hedge-hog.
Pagina 223 - Scarce had he buffeted half-way over, when he was observed to struggle violently, as if battling with the spirit of the waters— instinctively he put his trumpet to his mouth, and giving a vehement blast— sank forever to the bottom!