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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... Governors of New AMSTERDAM ; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been , or ever will be Published . BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER , De waarheid die in duißter lag , Diz komt met klaarheid aan den dag . IN TWO ...
... Governors of New AMSTERDAM ; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been , or ever will be Published . BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER , De waarheid die in duißter lag , Diz komt met klaarheid aan den dag . IN TWO ...
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... Governors of NEW AMSTERDAM ; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been , or ever will be Published . BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER , → « Á De waarheid die in duifker lag , Dit komt met klaarheid aan den dag . IN TWO ...
... Governors of NEW AMSTERDAM ; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been , or ever will be Published . BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER , → « Á De waarheid die in duifker lag , Dit komt met klaarheid aan den dag . IN TWO ...
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... governor ; that he was " the father of his country " -that he was the noblest work of God " -- that " he was a man ... governors . Wouter having surpassed all who preceded him ; and Pieter , or Piet , as he was sociably called by the old ...
... governor ; that he was " the father of his country " -that he was the noblest work of God " -- that " he was a man ... governors . Wouter having surpassed all who preceded him ; and Pieter , or Piet , as he was sociably called by the old ...
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... governor , of such uncommon activity and decision of mind that he never sought or accepted the advice of others ; depending confidently upon his single head , as did the heroes of yore upon their single arms , to work his way through ...
... governor , of such uncommon activity and decision of mind that he never sought or accepted the advice of others ; depending confidently upon his single head , as did the heroes of yore upon their single arms , to work his way through ...
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... governor , thou art a very numscull at drawing conclusions . This most excellent governor , whose character I have thus attempted feebly to delineate , commenced his administration on the 29th of May 1647 : a re- markably stormy day ...
... governor , thou art a very numscull at drawing conclusions . This most excellent governor , whose character I have thus attempted feebly to delineate , commenced his administration on the 29th of May 1647 : a re- markably stormy day ...
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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!