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, Band 2Inskeep & Bradford, 1809 |
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... True it is , and I confess it with sorrow , that he had an unreason- able aversion to experiments , and was fond of governing his province after the simplest manner- but then he contrived to keep it in better order than did the erudite ...
... True it is , and I confess it with sorrow , that he had an unreason- able aversion to experiments , and was fond of governing his province after the simplest manner- but then he contrived to keep it in better order than did the erudite ...
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... true , that I almost blush to take up the time of my readers , with treating of matters which must many a time have stared them in the face . But the proposition to which I would most earnestly call their attention is this , that though ...
... true , that I almost blush to take up the time of my readers , with treating of matters which must many a time have stared them in the face . But the proposition to which I would most earnestly call their attention is this , that though ...
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... true a heart of chivalry as ever beat at the round table of King Arthur . There was a spirit of native gal- lantry , a noble and generous hardihood diffused . through his rugged manners , which altogether gave unquestionable tokens of ...
... true a heart of chivalry as ever beat at the round table of King Arthur . There was a spirit of native gal- lantry , a noble and generous hardihood diffused . through his rugged manners , which altogether gave unquestionable tokens of ...
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... true , he lied in his teeth ! --to prove which he defied the president of the council and all of his compeers , or if they pleased , their puissant champion , captain Alicxsander Part- ridg that mighty man of Rhodes , to meet him in ...
... true , he lied in his teeth ! --to prove which he defied the president of the council and all of his compeers , or if they pleased , their puissant champion , captain Alicxsander Part- ridg that mighty man of Rhodes , to meet him in ...
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... true -he did indeed , most gallantly offer , when that he found a deaf ear was turned to his challenge , to sub- mit his conduct to the rigorous inspection of a court of honour -- but then he expected to find it an august tribunal ...
... true -he did indeed , most gallantly offer , when that he found a deaf ear was turned to his challenge , to sub- mit his conduct to the rigorous inspection of a court of honour -- but then he expected to find it an august tribunal ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!