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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... battles of his country ; but of which he was so proud , that he was often heard to declare he valued it more than all his other limbs put together ; indeed so highly did he esteem it , that he caused it to be gallantly enchased and ...
... battles of his country ; but of which he was so proud , that he was often heard to declare he valued it more than all his other limbs put together ; indeed so highly did he esteem it , that he caused it to be gallantly enchased and ...
Side 20
... battle of unassisted strength , was succeeded by the more rugged one of stones and clubs , and war assumed a sanguinary aspect . As man advanced in refinement , as his faculties expanded , and his sensibilities became more exqui- site ...
... battle of unassisted strength , was succeeded by the more rugged one of stones and clubs , and war assumed a sanguinary aspect . As man advanced in refinement , as his faculties expanded , and his sensibilities became more exqui- site ...
Side 58
... battle , but in the cabinet a second Ulysses , that is to say , very valiant of speech and long winded -- all which , as nobody in New Amsterdam knew aught of the ancient heroes in question , passed totally uncontradicted . It was ...
... battle , but in the cabinet a second Ulysses , that is to say , very valiant of speech and long winded -- all which , as nobody in New Amsterdam knew aught of the ancient heroes in question , passed totally uncontradicted . It was ...
Side 61
... battle . Who have surrendered the toils of war , for the more useful but inglorious arts of peace , and so blended the laurel with the olive , that you may have a general for a landlord , a colonel for a stage driver , and your horse ...
... battle . Who have surrendered the toils of war , for the more useful but inglorious arts of peace , and so blended the laurel with the olive , that you may have a general for a landlord , a colonel for a stage driver , and your horse ...
Side 103
... battle of the Manhattoes , who being the inmates of the metropolis , composed the life guards of the governor . These were commanded by the valiant Stoffel Brinkerhoff , who whilome had ac- quired such immortal fame at Oyster Bay - they ...
... battle of the Manhattoes , who being the inmates of the metropolis , composed the life guards of the governor . These were commanded by the valiant Stoffel Brinkerhoff , who whilome had ac- quired such immortal fame at Oyster Bay - they ...
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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!