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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... tion in the records still extant , of that assemblage of worthies . * " Mr. Will Cottington and captain Partridg of Rhoode Iland presented this insewing request to the commissioners in wrighting- " Our request and motion is in behalfe ...
... tion in the records still extant , of that assemblage of worthies . * " Mr. Will Cottington and captain Partridg of Rhoode Iland presented this insewing request to the commissioners in wrighting- " Our request and motion is in behalfe ...
Pagina 22
... tion , therefore , according to the acceptation of your experienced statesmen , learned in these matters , is no longer an attempt to accommodate differences , to ascertain rights , and to establish an equitable ex . change of kind ...
... tion , therefore , according to the acceptation of your experienced statesmen , learned in these matters , is no longer an attempt to accommodate differences , to ascertain rights , and to establish an equitable ex . change of kind ...
Pagina 40
... tion to them than a hundred parades ; for though two - thirds of them might be food for powder , yet such of the other third as did not run away , would become most experienced veterans . The great Stuyvesant had no particular venera- tion ...
... tion to them than a hundred parades ; for though two - thirds of them might be food for powder , yet such of the other third as did not run away , would become most experienced veterans . The great Stuyvesant had no particular venera- tion ...
Pagina 105
... tion , which goes on to describe the warriors of Bloemen dael , and Wee - hawk , and Hoboken , and * I. E. The Winding Bay , named from the winding of its shores . This has since been corrupted by the vulgar into the Wall about , and is ...
... tion , which goes on to describe the warriors of Bloemen dael , and Wee - hawk , and Hoboken , and * I. E. The Winding Bay , named from the winding of its shores . This has since been corrupted by the vulgar into the Wall about , and is ...
Pagina 111
... tion that if you are guilty , you are but enjoying your just reward — and if you are innocent , tha you are not the first great and good man , who has most wrongfully been slandered and maltreated in this wicked world - doubtless to be ...
... tion that if you are guilty , you are but enjoying your just reward — and if you are innocent , tha you are not the first great and good man , who has most wrongfully been slandered and maltreated in this wicked world - doubtless to be ...
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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!