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 4
... look upon his like again " -- together with sundry other civil and affectionate speeches that are regularly said on the death of all great men ; after which they smo- ked their pipes , thought no more about him , and Peter Stuyvesant ...
... look upon his like again " -- together with sundry other civil and affectionate speeches that are regularly said on the death of all great men ; after which they smo- ked their pipes , thought no more about him , and Peter Stuyvesant ...
Pagina 24
... look for unanimity and concord between them , as between two lovers with one mistress , two dogs with one bone , or two naked rogues and one pair of breeches . This disagreement therefore is con- tinually breeding delays and impediments ...
... look for unanimity and concord between them , as between two lovers with one mistress , two dogs with one bone , or two naked rogues and one pair of breeches . This disagreement therefore is con- tinually breeding delays and impediments ...
Pagina 26
... looks and endearing caresses , but the marriage ceremony is the signal for hostilities - and thus ends this very abstruse though very instructive chapter . CHAP . IV . How Peter Stuyvesant was horribly belied 26 HISTORY OF.
... looks and endearing caresses , but the marriage ceremony is the signal for hostilities - and thus ends this very abstruse though very instructive chapter . CHAP . IV . How Peter Stuyvesant was horribly belied 26 HISTORY OF.
Pagina 60
... look- ing a man of war as the far - famed More of More Hall , when he sallied forth , armed at all points , to slay the Dragon of Wantley- " Had you but seen him in this dress How fierce he look'd and how big ; You would have thought ...
... look- ing a man of war as the far - famed More of More Hall , when he sallied forth , armed at all points , to slay the Dragon of Wantley- " Had you but seen him in this dress How fierce he look'd and how big ; You would have thought ...
Pagina 94
... look timidly down upon the splendid pageant as it passed below ; and then tossing his branching antlers in the air , would bound away into the thickets of the forest . Through such scenes did the stately vessel of Peter Stuyvesant pass ...
... look timidly down upon the splendid pageant as it passed below ; and then tossing his branching antlers in the air , would bound away into the thickets of the forest . Through such scenes did the stately vessel of Peter Stuyvesant pass ...
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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!