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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... valiant William Kieft worried , and bustled , and turmoiled , while he had the desti- pies of a whole colony in his hand , I question seri ously , whether he will not be obliged to this authen- tic history , for all his future celebrity ...
... valiant William Kieft worried , and bustled , and turmoiled , while he had the desti- pies of a whole colony in his hand , I question seri ously , whether he will not be obliged to this authen- tic history , for all his future celebrity ...
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... valiant , weatherbeaten , mettlesome , leath- ernsided , lion hearted , generous spirited , obstinate , old " seventy six " of a governor , thou art a very numscull at drawing conclusions . This most excellent governor , whose character ...
... valiant , weatherbeaten , mettlesome , leath- ernsided , lion hearted , generous spirited , obstinate , old " seventy six " of a governor , thou art a very numscull at drawing conclusions . This most excellent governor , whose character ...
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... valiant trumpeter and squire , Antony Van Corlear , with orders to ride night and day , as herald , to the Amphyctionic council , reproaching them in terms of noble indig- nation , for giving ear to the slanders of heathen in- fidels ...
... valiant trumpeter and squire , Antony Van Corlear , with orders to ride night and day , as herald , to the Amphyctionic council , reproaching them in terms of noble indig- nation , for giving ear to the slanders of heathen in- fidels ...
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... valiant taylors , and man milliners , who though on ordinary occasions , the meekest , pippen - hearted little men in the world , were very devils at parades and court - martials , when they had cocked hats on their heads , and swords ...
... valiant taylors , and man milliners , who though on ordinary occasions , the meekest , pippen - hearted little men in the world , were very devils at parades and court - martials , when they had cocked hats on their heads , and swords ...
Side 44
... valiant citizens of Philadelphia , during the time of our revolution : by a fleet of empty kegs floating down the Delaware . * But the vigilance of the governor was more especially manifested by an additional fortification which he ...
... valiant citizens of Philadelphia , during the time of our revolution : by a fleet of empty kegs floating down the Delaware . * But the vigilance of the governor was more especially manifested by an additional fortification which he ...
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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!