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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... shoot from their spheres -- the heavens were not shrowded in black , ' as poets would fain persuade us they have been , on the unfortunate death of a hero - the rocks ( hard hearted vagabonds ) melted not into tears ; nor did NEW YORK .
... shoot from their spheres -- the heavens were not shrowded in black , ' as poets would fain persuade us they have been , on the unfortunate death of a hero - the rocks ( hard hearted vagabonds ) melted not into tears ; nor did NEW YORK .
Pagina 8
... Hard - koppig Piet , or PETER THE HEAD- STRONG - a great compliment to his understanding ! If from all that I have said thou dost not gather , worthy reader , that Peter Stuyvesant was a tough , sturdy , valiant , weatherbeaten ...
... Hard - koppig Piet , or PETER THE HEAD- STRONG - a great compliment to his understanding ! If from all that I have said thou dost not gather , worthy reader , that Peter Stuyvesant was a tough , sturdy , valiant , weatherbeaten ...
Pagina 44
... hard by where at present stands the Trinity Church ; and another called the Water poort , stood about where the Tontine coffee - house is at present - opening upon Smits Vleye , or as it is commonly called Smith fly ; then a marshy ...
... hard by where at present stands the Trinity Church ; and another called the Water poort , stood about where the Tontine coffee - house is at present - opening upon Smits Vleye , or as it is commonly called Smith fly ; then a marshy ...
Pagina 46
... Hard - koppig Piet , would have induced him to follow his own plans , in preference to them all . In a word , he pursued no system either past , present or to come ; he equally disdained to imitate his predecessors , of whom he had ...
... Hard - koppig Piet , would have induced him to follow his own plans , in preference to them all . In a word , he pursued no system either past , present or to come ; he equally disdained to imitate his predecessors , of whom he had ...
Pagina 71
... hard favour- ed frown upon his brow -- he presented altogether one of the most commanding , bitter looking , and soldierlike figures , that ever strutted upon canvass . -Proceed we now to enquire the cause of this warlike preparation ...
... hard favour- ed frown upon his brow -- he presented altogether one of the most commanding , bitter looking , and soldierlike figures , that ever strutted upon canvass . -Proceed we now to enquire the cause of this warlike preparation ...
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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!