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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... gave a hearty grunt of ac- quiescence . Nor did he stop here , but made a hideous rout among the ingenious inventions and expedients of his learned predecessor - demolishing his flag- staffs and wind - mills , which like mighty giants ...
... gave a hearty grunt of ac- quiescence . Nor did he stop here , but made a hideous rout among the ingenious inventions and expedients of his learned predecessor - demolishing his flag- staffs and wind - mills , which like mighty giants ...
Side 31
... gave unquestionable tokens of an heroic mind . He was , in truth , a hero of chivalry struck off by the hand of nature at a single heat , and though she had taken no further care to polish and refine her workman- ship , he stood forth a ...
... gave unquestionable tokens of an heroic mind . He was , in truth , a hero of chivalry struck off by the hand of nature at a single heat , and though she had taken no further care to polish and refine her workman- ship , he stood forth a ...
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... gave to that vagabond warrior Ulysses . His dress comported with his character , for he had almost as much brass and copper without , as nature had stored away within - His coat was cros- sed and slashed , and carbonadoed , with stripes ...
... gave to that vagabond warrior Ulysses . His dress comported with his character , for he had almost as much brass and copper without , as nature had stored away within - His coat was cros- sed and slashed , and carbonadoed , with stripes ...
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... gave a stout carousal , for which he got more kicks than coppers . HITHERTO most venerable and courteous reader , have I shewn thee the administration of the valour- ous Stuyvesant , under the mild moonshine of peace ; or rather the ...
... gave a stout carousal , for which he got more kicks than coppers . HITHERTO most venerable and courteous reader , have I shewn thee the administration of the valour- ous Stuyvesant , under the mild moonshine of peace ; or rather the ...
Side 77
... gave the standing salute and the passing salute - They rolled their drums , they flourished their fifes and they waved their colours- they faced to the left , and they faced to the right , and they faced to the right about - They ...
... gave the standing salute and the passing salute - They rolled their drums , they flourished their fifes and they waved their colours- they faced to the left , and they faced to the right , and they faced to the right about - 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!