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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... Council . CHAP . I. In which the death of a great man is shewn to be no such inconsolable matter of sorrow - and how Peter Stuyvesant acquired a great name from -the uncommon strength of his head . 1 h To a profour philosopher , like ...
... Council . CHAP . I. In which the death of a great man is shewn to be no such inconsolable matter of sorrow - and how Peter Stuyvesant acquired a great name from -the uncommon strength of his head . 1 h To a profour philosopher , like ...
Pagina 11
... council , the members of which had acquired the unreasonable habit of thinking and speaking for themselves during the preceding reign ; he determined at once to put a stop to such a griev- ous abomination . Scarcely therefore had he ...
... council , the members of which had acquired the unreasonable habit of thinking and speaking for themselves during the preceding reign ; he determined at once to put a stop to such a griev- ous abomination . Scarcely therefore had he ...
Pagina 14
... this time , demanded the utmost vigilance , and promp- titude . The formidable council of the Amphyctions , which had caused so much tribulation to the un- fortunate Kieft , still continued augmenting its forces , and 14 HISTORY OF.
... this time , demanded the utmost vigilance , and promp- titude . The formidable council of the Amphyctions , which had caused so much tribulation to the un- fortunate Kieft , still continued augmenting its forces , and 14 HISTORY OF.
Pagina 16
... he wrote two or three categorical letters to the grand council , which though neither couched in bad latin , nor yet graced by rhetorical tropes about wolfs and lambs , and beetle flies , yet had more effect than all 16 HISTORY OF.
... he wrote two or three categorical letters to the grand council , which though neither couched in bad latin , nor yet graced by rhetorical tropes about wolfs and lambs , and beetle flies , yet had more effect than all 16 HISTORY OF.
Pagina 17
... council of the amphyctions agreed to enter into a final adjustment of grievances and settlement of boundaries , to the end that a perpetual and happy peace might take place between the two powers . For this purpose governor Stuyvesant ...
... council of the amphyctions agreed to enter into a final adjustment of grievances and settlement of boundaries , to the end that a perpetual and happy peace might take place between the two powers . For this purpose governor Stuyvesant ...
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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!