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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Pagina 11
... determined at once to put a stop to such a griev- ous abomination . Scarcely therefore had he enter- ed upon his authority than he kicked out of office all those meddlesome spirits that composed the factious cabinet of William the Testy ...
... determined at once to put a stop to such a griev- ous abomination . Scarcely therefore had he enter- ed upon his authority than he kicked out of office all those meddlesome spirits that composed the factious cabinet of William the Testy ...
Pagina 16
... Determined therefore to put an end to all these petty maraudings on the borders , 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 ...
... Determined therefore to put an end to all these petty maraudings on the borders , 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 ...
Pagina 41
... determined to give his heroes a seasoning . Having therefore drilled them through the ma- nual exercise over and over again , he ordered the fifes to strike up a quick march , and trudged his sturdy boots backwards and forwards , about ...
... determined to give his heroes a seasoning . Having therefore drilled them through the ma- nual exercise over and over again , he ordered the fifes to strike up a quick march , and trudged his sturdy boots backwards and forwards , about ...
Pagina 49
... determination of the grand council of the league , should bind the general court of Massachu- setts , to join in an offensive war , which should appear to such general court to be unjust . * This refusal immediately involved the colony ...
... determination of the grand council of the league , should bind the general court of Massachu- setts , to join in an offensive war , which should appear to such general court to be unjust . * This refusal immediately involved the colony ...
Pagina 53
... determined to punish none that were not convicted on the best of testimony ; not that they needed any evidence to satisfy their own minds , for , like true and experienced judges their minds were perfectly made up , and they were ...
... determined to punish none that were not convicted on the best of testimony ; not that they needed any evidence to satisfy their own minds , for , like true and experienced judges their minds were perfectly made up , and they were ...
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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!