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 12
... women by means of his whiskers and his trumpet . Him did Peter the Headstrong , cause to be brought into his presence , and eyeing him for a moment from head to foot , with a countenance that would have appall- ed any thing else than a ...
... women by means of his whiskers and his trumpet . Him did Peter the Headstrong , cause to be brought into his presence , and eyeing him for a moment from head to foot , with a countenance that would have appall- ed any thing else than a ...
Pagina 15
... women , ) in behalf of the puissant plantation of Rhode Island , praying to be admitted into the league . The following mention is made of this applica tion in the records still extant , of that assemblage of worthies . * " Mr. Will ...
... women , ) in behalf of the puissant plantation of Rhode Island , praying to be admitted into the league . The following mention is made of this applica tion in the records still extant , of that assemblage of worthies . * " Mr. Will ...
Pagina 35
... women , with their cross questioning , until they contradicted and forswore themselves most horribly - as is every day done in our courts of justice . Thus having dispatched their errand to their full satisfation , they returned to the ...
... women , with their cross questioning , until they contradicted and forswore themselves most horribly - as is every day done in our courts of justice . Thus having dispatched their errand to their full satisfation , they returned to the ...
Pagina 51
... women in the com- munity , who had scarcely more brains than the broomsticks they rode upon . Where they first ac- quired their infernal education - whether from the works of the ancient Theurgists - the demonology of the Egyptians ...
... women in the com- munity , who had scarcely more brains than the broomsticks they rode upon . Where they first ac- quired their infernal education - whether from the works of the ancient Theurgists - the demonology of the Egyptians ...
Pagina 52
... woman that lived in his neighbourhood . Such a howling abomination could not be suffered to remain long unnoticed , and it ac- cordingly soon attracted the fiery indignation of the sober and reflective part of the community - more ...
... woman that lived in his neighbourhood . Such a howling abomination could not be suffered to remain long unnoticed , and it ac- cordingly soon attracted the fiery indignation of the sober and reflective part of the community - more ...
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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!