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 12
... giants , guarded the ramparts of New Amsterdam - pitch- ing to the duyvel whole batteries of quaker guns-- rooting up his patent gallows , where caitiff vaga- honds were suspended by the breech , and in a word , turning topsy - turvy ...
... giants , guarded the ramparts of New Amsterdam - pitch- ing to the duyvel whole batteries of quaker guns-- rooting up his patent gallows , where caitiff vaga- honds were suspended by the breech , and in a word , turning topsy - turvy ...
Pagina 72
... giants , who took such a cruel pleasure in pocketing distressed damsels , when gadding about the world , and locking them up in enchanted castles , without a toilet , a change of linen , or any other convenience . In consequence of ...
... giants , who took such a cruel pleasure in pocketing distressed damsels , when gadding about the world , and locking them up in enchanted castles , without a toilet , a change of linen , or any other convenience . In consequence of ...
Pagina 76
... giant , just refreshed with wine . But when the two heroes met , then began a scene of warlike parade and chivalric courtesy , that beggars all description . Risingh , who , as I before hinted , was a shrewd , cunning politician , and ...
... giant , just refreshed with wine . But when the two heroes met , then began a scene of warlike parade and chivalric courtesy , that beggars all description . Risingh , who , as I before hinted , was a shrewd , cunning politician , and ...
Pagina 97
... giants , and the inacces- sible summits of the mountains seemed peopled with a thousand shadowy beings . Now broke forth from the shores the notes of an innumerable variety of insects , who filled the air with a strange but not ...
... giants , and the inacces- sible summits of the mountains seemed peopled with a thousand shadowy beings . Now broke forth from the shores the notes of an innumerable variety of insects , who filled the air with a strange but not ...
Pagina 113
... giants , vanquishing wicked enchanters , not to say a word of dwarfs , hyppogriffs and fiery dragons . On a similar prin- ciple I cunningly led my readers , at the first sally , into two or three knotty chapters , where they were most ...
... giants , vanquishing wicked enchanters , not to say a word of dwarfs , hyppogriffs and fiery dragons . On a similar prin- ciple I cunningly led my readers , at the first sally , into two or three knotty chapters , where they were most ...
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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!