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, Volum 2Inskeep & Bradford, 1809 |
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Side 17
... all the other catalogue of heart - rending cruelties , that dis- graced these border wars . But if my reader should indulge in such expectations , it is only another proof , among the many he has already given in the course NEW YORK . 17.
... all the other catalogue of heart - rending cruelties , that dis- graced these border wars . But if my reader should indulge in such expectations , it is only another proof , among the many he has already given in the course NEW YORK . 17.
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... already given in the course of this work , of his utter ignorance of state affairs- and this lamentable ignorance on his part , obliges me to enter into a very profound dissertation , to which I call his attention in the next chapter ...
... already given in the course of this work , of his utter ignorance of state affairs- and this lamentable ignorance on his part , obliges me to enter into a very profound dissertation , to which I call his attention in the next chapter ...
Side 21
... art of preserving peace ad- vanced in equal ratio . But as I have already been very prolix to but little purpose , in the first part of VOL . II . D this truly philosophic chapter , I shall not fatigue my NEW YORK . 2.
... art of preserving peace ad- vanced in equal ratio . But as I have already been very prolix to but little purpose , in the first part of VOL . II . D this truly philosophic chapter , I shall not fatigue my NEW YORK . 2.
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... already shewn , were amazingly discreet in their proceedings respecting the New Nether- lands , and conducted the whole with almost as much silence and mystery , as does the sage British cabi- net one of its ill star'd secret ...
... already shewn , were amazingly discreet in their proceedings respecting the New Nether- lands , and conducted the whole with almost as much silence and mystery , as does the sage British cabi- net one of its ill star'd secret ...
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... already announced its hostile determinations , and already was the mighty colony of New Haven and the puissant town of Py- quag , otherwise called Wethersfield - famous for its onions and its witches - and the great trading house of ...
... already announced its hostile determinations , and already was the mighty colony of New Haven and the puissant town of Py- quag , otherwise called Wethersfield - famous for its onions and its witches - and the great trading house of ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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!