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 25
... seen an instance in my time , of any special contract between individuals , that did not produce jealousies , bickerings , and often down- right ruptures between them ; nor did I ever know of a treaty between two nations , that did not ...
... seen an instance in my time , of any special contract between individuals , that did not produce jealousies , bickerings , and often down- right ruptures between them ; nor did I ever know of a treaty between two nations , that did not ...
Pagina 56
... seen in the air - gliding spectrums haunted every wild brook and dreary glen - strange voices , made by viewless forms , were heard in desart solitudes -- and the border towns were so occupied in detecting and punishing the knowing old ...
... seen in the air - gliding spectrums haunted every wild brook and dreary glen - strange voices , made by viewless forms , were heard in desart solitudes -- and the border towns were so occupied in detecting and punishing the knowing old ...
Pagina 57
... more wounds on a certain honourable part that shall be nameless , than any of his comrades , he was ever after considered as a hero , who had " seen VOL . II . G some service . " Certain it is , he enjoyed NEW YORK . 57.
... more wounds on a certain honourable part that shall be nameless , than any of his comrades , he was ever after considered as a hero , who had " seen VOL . II . G some service . " Certain it is , he enjoyed NEW YORK . 57.
Pagina 60
... seen him accou- tered cap - a - pie , in martial array - booted to the middle - sashed to the chin - collared to the ears- whiskered to the muzzle - crowned with an over- shadowing cocked - hat , and girded with a leathern belt ten ...
... seen him accou- tered cap - a - pie , in martial array - booted to the middle - sashed to the chin - collared to the ears- whiskered to the muzzle - crowned with an over- shadowing cocked - hat , and girded with a leathern belt ten ...
Pagina 69
... seen or heard of ; in the same manner that a cunning statuary arrays a modern general or an admiral in the accoutrements of a Cæsar or an Alexander . The simple truth then of all this ora- torical flourish is this . - That the valiant ...
... seen or heard of ; in the same manner that a cunning statuary arrays a modern general or an admiral in the accoutrements of a Cæsar or an Alexander . The simple truth then of all this ora- torical flourish is this . - That the valiant ...
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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!