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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... prepared him to elude the wound , as well as to launch the blow . Still urging on , in the brilliant and philanthropic career of invention , he enlarges and heightens his powers of defence and injury - The Aries , the Scorpio , the ...
... prepared him to elude the wound , as well as to launch the blow . Still urging on , in the brilliant and philanthropic career of invention , he enlarges and heightens his powers of defence and injury - The Aries , the Scorpio , the ...
Side 37
... prepared for this measure , and for this purpose the arguments of the little orator were earnestly preached from the pul- pit for several sundays subsequent , and earnestly recommended to the consideration of every good . Christian ...
... prepared for this measure , and for this purpose the arguments of the little orator were earnestly preached from the pul- pit for several sundays subsequent , and earnestly recommended to the consideration of every good . Christian ...
Side 69
... Stuyvesant all of a sudden found it necessary to scour his trusty blade , which too long had rusted . in its scabbard , and prepare himself to undergo VOL . II . H those hardy toils of war , in which his mighty NEW YORK . 69.
... Stuyvesant all of a sudden found it necessary to scour his trusty blade , which too long had rusted . in its scabbard , and prepare himself to undergo VOL . II . H those hardy toils of war , in which his mighty NEW YORK . 69.
Side 71
... preparation . The encroaching disposition of the Swedes , on the south , or Delaware river , has been duly re- corded in the Chronicles of the reign of William the Testy . These encroachments having been en- dured with that heroic ...
... preparation . The encroaching disposition of the Swedes , on the south , or Delaware river , has been duly re- corded in the Chronicles of the reign of William the Testy . These encroachments having been en- dured with that heroic ...
Side 73
... preparation , sailed in great state up the Delaware , displayed his flag with the most ceremonious punc- tilio , and honoured the fortress with a royal salute , previous to dropping anchor . The unusual noise awakened a veteran dutch ...
... preparation , sailed in great state up the Delaware , displayed his flag with the most ceremonious punc- tilio , and honoured the fortress with a royal salute , previous to dropping anchor . The unusual noise awakened a veteran dutch ...
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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!