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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... perplex him . I must likewise own that he made but very few - laws , but then again he took care that See the histories of Masters Josselyn and Blome . those few were rigidly and impartially enforced- .. and I 6 NEW YORK .
... perplex him . I must likewise own that he made but very few - laws , but then again he took care that See the histories of Masters Josselyn and Blome . those few were rigidly and impartially enforced- .. and I 6 NEW YORK .
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... caused to be furnished with abundance of fair long pipes , and to be regaled with frequent corporation dinners , ad- monishing then to smoke and eat and sleep for the good of the nation , while he took all the NEW YORK , 11 CHAP. II. ...
... caused to be furnished with abundance of fair long pipes , and to be regaled with frequent corporation dinners , ad- monishing then to smoke and eat and sleep for the good of the nation , while he took all the NEW YORK , 11 CHAP. II. ...
Side 12
... took all the burden of government upon his own shoulders — an arrange- ment to which they all gave a hearty grunt of ac- quiescence . Nor did he stop here , but made a hideous rout among the ingenious inventions and expedients of his ...
... took all the burden of government upon his own shoulders — an arrange- ment to which they all gave a hearty grunt of ac- quiescence . Nor did he stop here , but made a hideous rout among the ingenious inventions and expedients of his ...
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... took place between the irreproachable Stuyvesant , and the evil disposed council of amphyctions ; in all which , with the impartial justice of an historian , I pronounce the latter to have been invariably in the wrong . All these did ...
... took place between the irreproachable Stuyvesant , and the evil disposed council of amphyctions ; in all which , with the impartial justice of an historian , I pronounce the latter to have been invariably in the wrong . All these did ...
Side 35
... took no notice of these cunning varlets ; who with professional industry fell to prying and sifting about , in quest of ex parte evidence ; bothering and perplexing divers simple Indians and old women , with their cross questioning ...
... took no notice of these cunning varlets ; who with professional industry fell to prying and sifting about , in quest of ex parte evidence ; bothering and perplexing divers simple Indians and old women , with their cross questioning ...
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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!