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 42
... commander of less nerve than Peter Stuyvesant ; but he considered it as a matter of but small importance , though he thenceforward regarded the militia system with ten times greater contempt than ever , and took care to provide him ...
... commander of less nerve than Peter Stuyvesant ; but he considered it as a matter of but small importance , though he thenceforward regarded the militia system with ten times greater contempt than ever , and took care to provide him ...
Side 56
... commander , shewing that a man , like a bladder , may be puffed up to greatness and importance , by mere wind . ; WHEN treating of these tempestuous times , the unknown writer of the Stuyvesant manuscript , breaks out into a vehement ...
... commander , shewing that a man , like a bladder , may be puffed up to greatness and importance , by mere wind . ; WHEN treating of these tempestuous times , the unknown writer of the Stuyvesant manuscript , breaks out into a vehement ...
Side 59
... commander in chief of the armies of the New Netherlands ; " though to tell the truth the armies , or rather army , consisted of a handful of half uniformed , hen stealing , bottle bruizing raggamuffins . Such was the character of the ...
... commander in chief of the armies of the New Netherlands ; " though to tell the truth the armies , or rather army , consisted of a handful of half uniformed , hen stealing , bottle bruizing raggamuffins . Such was the character of the ...
Side 63
... commander of a little , snivel- ling , military post , swelling with all the vanity of new regimentals , and the pomposity derived from commanding a handful of tatterdemalions , I despair of giving them any adequate idea of the ...
... commander of a little , snivel- ling , military post , swelling with all the vanity of new regimentals , and the pomposity derived from commanding a handful of tatterdemalions , I despair of giving them any adequate idea of the ...
Side 65
... became instantly an affair of the utmost importance . The commander in chief was too enlightened an officer not to perceive , that the discipline of the garrison , the subordination and good order of the armies of the NEW YORK . 65.
... became instantly an affair of the utmost importance . The commander in chief was too enlightened an officer not to perceive , that the discipline of the garrison , the subordination and good order of the armies of the NEW YORK . 65.
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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!