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
... present emergency was pressing , he was obliged to avail himself of such means of defence as were next at hand , and accor- dingly appointed a general inspection and parade of the train bands . But oh ! Mars and Bellona , and all ye ...
... present emergency was pressing , he was obliged to avail himself of such means of defence as were next at hand , and accor- dingly appointed a general inspection and parade of the train bands . But oh ! Mars and Bellona , and all ye ...
Side 44
... present stands the Trinity Church ; and another called the Water poort , stood about where the Tontine coffee - house is at present - opening upon Smits Vleye , or as it is commonly called Smith fly ; then a marshy valley , with a creek ...
... present stands the Trinity Church ; and another called the Water poort , stood about where the Tontine coffee - house is at present - opening upon Smits Vleye , or as it is commonly called Smith fly ; then a marshy valley , with a creek ...
Side 46
... present or to come ; he equally disdained to imitate his predecessors , of whom he had never heard his contemporaries , whom he did not know ; or his unborn successors , whom , to say the truth , he never once thought of in his whole ...
... present or to come ; he equally disdained to imitate his predecessors , of whom he had never heard his contemporaries , whom he did not know ; or his unborn successors , whom , to say the truth , he never once thought of in his whole ...
Side 49
... present their hos- tile machinations against the Manhattoes . Such is the marvellous energy and puissance of those nota- ble confederacies , composed of a number of sturdy , self - will'd , discordant parts , loosely banded toge- ther ...
... present their hos- tile machinations against the Manhattoes . Such is the marvellous energy and puissance of those nota- ble confederacies , composed of a number of sturdy , self - will'd , discordant parts , loosely banded toge- ther ...
Side 51
... the cry of yellow fever , and immediately every head - ache , and indigestion , and overflowing of the bile is pro- nounced the terrible epidemic - In like manner in the present instance , whoever was troubled with a cholic NEW YORK . 51.
... the cry of yellow fever , and immediately every head - ache , and indigestion , and overflowing of the bile is pro- nounced the terrible epidemic - In like manner in the present instance , whoever was troubled with a cholic NEW YORK . 51.
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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!