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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... wind , without knowing which way to steer -- a ruler who acts according to his own will is sure of pleasing himself , while he who seeks to consult the wishes and whims of others , runs a great risk of pleasing nobody . The clock that ...
... wind , without knowing which way to steer -- a ruler who acts according to his own will is sure of pleasing himself , while he who seeks to consult the wishes and whims of others , runs a great risk of pleasing nobody . The clock that ...
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... Windy Friday . As he was very jealous of his personal and official dignity , he was inaugurated into office with great ceremony ; the goodly oaken chair of the renowned Wouter Van Twiller , being carefully preserved for such Occasions ...
... Windy Friday . As he was very jealous of his personal and official dignity , he was inaugurated into office with great ceremony ; the goodly oaken chair of the renowned Wouter Van Twiller , being carefully preserved for such Occasions ...
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... wind - mills , which like mighty giants , guarded the ramparts of New Amsterdam - pitch- ing to the duyvel whole batteries of quaker guns-- rooting up his patent gallows , where caitiff vaga- honds were suspended by the breech , and in ...
... wind - mills , which like mighty giants , guarded the ramparts of New Amsterdam - pitch- ing to the duyvel whole batteries of quaker guns-- rooting up his patent gallows , where caitiff vaga- honds were suspended by the breech , and in ...
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... man , shrewd in his discourse , yet of great dis- cretion and immeasurable wind , he straightway conceived an astonishing kindness for him ; and discharging him € 2 NEW YORK 13 sion I am champion and garrison of this great city ...
... man , shrewd in his discourse , yet of great dis- cretion and immeasurable wind , he straightway conceived an astonishing kindness for him ; and discharging him € 2 NEW YORK 13 sion I am champion and garrison of this great city ...
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... wind . ; WHEN treating of these tempestuous times , the unknown writer of the Stuyvesant manuscript , breaks out into a vehement apostrophe , in praise.of the good St. Nicholas ; to whose protecting care he entirely ascribes the strange ...
... wind . ; WHEN treating of these tempestuous times , the unknown writer of the Stuyvesant manuscript , breaks out into a vehement apostrophe , in praise.of the good St. Nicholas ; to whose protecting care he entirely ascribes the strange ...
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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!