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 39
... sides . Under the instructions of these periodical warriors , the gallant train bands made marvellous proficiency in the mystery of gun- powder . They were taught to face to the right , to wheel to the left , to snap off empty firelocks ...
... sides . Under the instructions of these periodical warriors , the gallant train bands made marvellous proficiency in the mystery of gun- powder . They were taught to face to the right , to wheel to the left , to snap off empty firelocks ...
Side 41
... streets of New Amsterdam , and the fields adja- cent , till I warrant me , their short legs ached , and their fat sides sweated again . But this was not all ; the martial spirit of the old governor caught NEW YORK . 41.
... streets of New Amsterdam , and the fields adja- cent , till I warrant me , their short legs ached , and their fat sides sweated again . But this was not all ; the martial spirit of the old governor caught NEW YORK . 41.
Side 63
... side and on that . - Then would he dress himself in full regimentals , and strut back- wards and forwards , for hours together , on the top of his little rampart - like a vain glorious cock pidgeon vapouring on the top of his coop . In ...
... side and on that . - Then would he dress himself in full regimentals , and strut back- wards and forwards , for hours together , on the top of his little rampart - like a vain glorious cock pidgeon vapouring on the top of his coop . In ...
Side 67
... the night - when the griz- ly spectrum of old Kildermeester would stand cen- tinel by his bed side , erect as a pump , his enor- mous queue strutting out like the handle . BOOK VI . Containing the second part of the reign NEW YORK . 67.
... the night - when the griz- ly spectrum of old Kildermeester would stand cen- tinel by his bed side , erect as a pump , his enor- mous queue strutting out like the handle . BOOK VI . Containing the second part of the reign NEW YORK . 67.
Side 70
... side in stiffly pomatumed ear locks and descending in a rat tail queue below his waist ; a shining stock of black leather supporting his chin , and a little , but fierce cocked hat stuck with a gallant and fiery air , over his left eye ...
... side in stiffly pomatumed ear locks and descending in a rat tail queue below his waist ; a shining stock of black leather supporting his chin , and a little , but fierce cocked hat stuck with a gallant and fiery air , over his left eye ...
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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!