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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... heart . Sage follows on in the footsteps of sage ; one hero just steps out of his triumphant car , to make way for the hero who comes after him ; and of the proudest monarch it is merely said , that - " he slept with his fathers , and ...
... heart . Sage follows on in the footsteps of sage ; one hero just steps out of his triumphant car , to make way for the hero who comes after him ; and of the proudest monarch it is merely said , that - " he slept with his fathers , and ...
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... heart leap out of your mouth only to be within a mile of it . Like as a war - worn charger , while sporting in peaceful plains , if by chance he hears the strains of martial music , pricks up his ears , and snorts and paws and kindles ...
... heart leap out of your mouth only to be within a mile of it . Like as a war - worn charger , while sporting in peaceful plains , if by chance he hears the strains of martial music , pricks up his ears , and snorts and paws and kindles ...
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... 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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... heart of steel that by divers gifts and promi- ses he had been secretly endeavouring to instigate , the Narrohigansett ( or Narraganset ) Mohaque and Pequot Indians , to surprize and massacre the En- glish settlements . For , as the ...
... heart of steel that by divers gifts and promi- ses he had been secretly endeavouring to instigate , the Narrohigansett ( or Narraganset ) Mohaque and Pequot Indians , to surprize and massacre the En- glish settlements . For , as the ...
Side 31
... heart of chivalry as ever beat at the round table of King Arthur . There was a spirit of native gal- lantry , a noble and generous hardihood diffused . through his rugged manners , which altogether gave unquestionable tokens of an ...
... heart of chivalry as ever beat at the round table of King Arthur . There was a spirit of native gal- lantry , a noble and generous hardihood diffused . through his rugged manners , which altogether gave unquestionable tokens of an ...
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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!