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 41
... ordered the fifes to strike up a quick march , and trudged his sturdy boots backwards and forwards , about the streets of New Amsterdam , and the fields adja- cent , till I warrant me , their short legs ached , and their fat sides ...
... ordered the fifes to strike up a quick march , and trudged his sturdy boots backwards and forwards , about the streets of New Amsterdam , and the fields adja- cent , till I warrant me , their short legs ached , and their fat sides ...
Side 75
... ordered immediately to turn out , and the arms and regimentals ( of which the garrison possessed full half a dozen suits ) were equally distributed among the soldiers , One tall lank fellow , appeared in a coat intended for a small man ...
... ordered immediately to turn out , and the arms and regimentals ( of which the garrison possessed full half a dozen suits ) were equally distributed among the soldiers , One tall lank fellow , appeared in a coat intended for a small man ...
Side 76
... ordered to tuck in his shirt tail and pull up his brogues , general Von Poffenburgh first took a sturdy draught of foaming ale , which like the magnanimous More of More- hall * was his invariable practice on all great occa- sions which ...
... ordered to tuck in his shirt tail and pull up his brogues , general Von Poffenburgh first took a sturdy draught of foaming ale , which like the magnanimous More of More- hall * was his invariable practice on all great occa- sions which ...
Side 78
... ordering the three bride- well birds to be hauled out of the black hole , brought up to the halberts and soundly flogged , for the amusement of his visitor , and to convince him , that he was a great disciplinarian . There is no error ...
... ordering the three bride- well birds to be hauled out of the black hole , brought up to the halberts and soundly flogged , for the amusement of his visitor , and to convince him , that he was a great disciplinarian . There is no error ...
Side 80
... ordered a big dinner to be prepared ; and privately sent out a detachment of his most ex- perienced veterans , to rob all the hen - roosts in the neighbourhood , and lay the pig - styes under contribution ; a service to which they had ...
... ordered a big dinner to be prepared ; and privately sent out a detachment of his most ex- perienced veterans , to rob all the hen - roosts in the neighbourhood , and lay the pig - styes under contribution ; a service to which they had ...
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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!