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 13
... recorded of the renowned St. George of England , " there was nothing in all the world that more rejoiced his heart , than to hear the pleasant sound of war , and see the soldiers brandish forth their steeled weapons . " Casting his eyes ...
... recorded of the renowned St. George of England , " there was nothing in all the world that more rejoiced his heart , than to hear the pleasant sound of war , and see the soldiers brandish forth their steeled weapons . " Casting his eyes ...
Pagina 27
... and pitiful in their nature and effects , that a grave historian like me , who grudges the time spent in any thing less than recording the fall of empires , and the revolution of worlds , would think them un- NEW YORK . 27 CHAP. IV. ...
... and pitiful in their nature and effects , that a grave historian like me , who grudges the time spent in any thing less than recording the fall of empires , and the revolution of worlds , would think them un- NEW YORK . 27 CHAP. IV. ...
Pagina 28
... recorded in his sacred page . The reader is therefore to take it for granted , though I scorn to waste in the detail , that time , which my furrowed brow and trembling hand , in- form me is invaluable , that all the while the great ...
... recorded in his sacred page . The reader is therefore to take it for granted , though I scorn to waste in the detail , that time , which my furrowed brow and trembling hand , in- form me is invaluable , that all the while the great ...
Pagina 34
... recorded by certain historians of the east , and elsewhere ; who seem to have inherited the bitter enmity of their ancestors to the brave Peter - and much good may their inheritance do them . These moss troopers in literature , whom I ...
... recorded by certain historians of the east , and elsewhere ; who seem to have inherited the bitter enmity of their ancestors to the brave Peter - and much good may their inheritance do them . These moss troopers in literature , whom I ...
Pagina 45
... recorded in a former chapter . In fact , governor Stuyvesant , like the celebrated Mon- talembert , held bastions in absolute contempt ; yet did he not like him substitute a tenaille angulaire des polygons à ailerons . He did not make ...
... recorded in a former chapter . In fact , governor Stuyvesant , like the celebrated Mon- talembert , held bastions in absolute contempt ; yet did he not like him substitute a tenaille angulaire des polygons à ailerons . He did not make ...
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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!