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 88
... huge wooden chest , which served as his armoury , from whence he drew forth that identical suit of - regimentals described in the preceding chapter . In these portentous habiliments he arrayed himself , like Achilles in the armour of ...
... huge wooden chest , which served as his armoury , from whence he drew forth that identical suit of - regimentals described in the preceding chapter . In these portentous habiliments he arrayed himself , like Achilles in the armour of ...
Pagina 100
... huge monster being with infinite labour hoisted on board , furnished a luxurious re- past to all the crew , being accounted of excellent flavour , excepting about the wound , where it smack- ed a little of brimstone - and this , on my ...
... huge monster being with infinite labour hoisted on board , furnished a luxurious re- past to all the crew , being accounted of excellent flavour , excepting about the wound , where it smack- ed a little of brimstone - and this , on my ...
Pagina 101
... huge flat rock , which projected into the river and which is called the Duyvel's Dans- Kamer to this very day -- But no ! Diedrich Knick- * Domine Hans Megapolensis , treating of the country about Albany in a letter which was written ...
... huge flat rock , which projected into the river and which is called the Duyvel's Dans- Kamer to this very day -- But no ! Diedrich Knick- * Domine Hans Megapolensis , treating of the country about Albany in a letter which was written ...
Pagina 104
... huge oyster recumbent upon a sea - green field ; being the armorial bearings of his favourite metro- polis , Communipaw . He brought to the camp a stout force of warriors , heavily armed , being each clad in ten pair of linsey woolsey ...
... huge oyster recumbent upon a sea - green field ; being the armorial bearings of his favourite metro- polis , Communipaw . He brought to the camp a stout force of warriors , heavily armed , being each clad in ten pair of linsey woolsey ...
Pagina 131
... huge steel watch chain or snapping his fingers . Van Corlear having finished he bluntly replied , that Peter Stuyvesant and his summons might go to the D - 1 , whither he hoped to send him and his crew of raggamuffins before supper time ...
... huge steel watch chain or snapping his fingers . Van Corlear having finished he bluntly replied , that Peter Stuyvesant and his summons might go to the D - 1 , whither he hoped to send him and his crew of raggamuffins before supper time ...
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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!