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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... neighbour out of that property he would formerly have seized with open violence . In fact the only time when two nations can be said to be in a state of perfect amity , is when a ne- gociation is open , and a treaty pending . Then as ...
... neighbour out of that property he would formerly have seized with open violence . In fact the only time when two nations can be said to be in a state of perfect amity , is when a ne- gociation is open , and a treaty pending . Then as ...
Side 25
... neighbours have I known , who after living in peace and good fellowship for years , have been thrown into a state of distrust , cavilling and ani- mosity , by some ill starred agreement about fences , runs of water , and stray cattle ...
... neighbours have I known , who after living in peace and good fellowship for years , have been thrown into a state of distrust , cavilling and ani- mosity , by some ill starred agreement about fences , runs of water , and stray cattle ...
Side 26
... neighbours , it is the utmost summit of folly , for it ever to be beguiled into a treaty ; for then comes on the non - fulfilment and infraction , then remonstrance , then altercation , then retaliation , then recrimination and finally ...
... neighbours , it is the utmost summit of folly , for it ever to be beguiled into a treaty ; for then comes on the non - fulfilment and infraction , then remonstrance , then altercation , then retaliation , then recrimination and finally ...
Side 27
... neighbours , was guil- ty of a most notable error and heterodoxy in poli- tics . To this unlucky agreement may justly be as- cribed a world of little infringements , altercations , negociations and bickerings , which afterwards took ...
... neighbours , was guil- ty of a most notable error and heterodoxy in poli- tics . To this unlucky agreement may justly be as- cribed a world of little infringements , altercations , negociations and bickerings , which afterwards took ...
Side 39
... neighbours .-- He proceeded therefore , with all diligence , to put the province and metropolis in a strong posture of defence . Among the few remnants of ingenious inven- tions which remained from the days of William the Testy , were ...
... neighbours .-- He proceeded therefore , with all diligence , to put the province and metropolis in a strong posture of defence . Among the few remnants of ingenious inven- tions which remained from the days of William the Testy , were ...
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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!