Memoirs Concerning the Affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne's Accession to the Throne, to the Commencement of the Union of the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and EnglandJ. Baker, 1824 - 420 Seiten |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Dutch village on the banks of the Hud- son , whither he had travelled for the purpose of inspect- ing certain ancient records . As this was one of those few and happy villages , into which newspapers never find their way , it is not a ...
... Dutch village on the banks of the Hud- son , whither he had travelled for the purpose of inspect- ing certain ancient records . As this was one of those few and happy villages , into which newspapers never find their way , it is not a ...
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... Dutch manners . Indeed he was informed that these intruders were making sad innovations in all parts of the state ; where they had given great trouble and vexation to the regular Dutch settlers , by the introduction of turnpike gates ...
... Dutch manners . Indeed he was informed that these intruders were making sad innovations in all parts of the state ; where they had given great trouble and vexation to the regular Dutch settlers , by the introduction of turnpike gates ...
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... Dutch citizens , he expired in the arms of his friend the librarian . His remains were interred , according to his own re- quest , in St. Mark's Churchyard , close by the bones of his favourite hero , Peter Stuyvesant ; and it is ru ...
... Dutch citizens , he expired in the arms of his friend the librarian . His remains were interred , according to his own re- quest , in St. Mark's Churchyard , close by the bones of his favourite hero , Peter Stuyvesant ; and it is ru ...
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... Dutch proge- nitors , Diedrich Knickerbocker , native of the city of New - York , produces this historical essay * . Like the great Father of History whose words I have just quoted , I treat of times long past , over which the twilight ...
... Dutch proge- nitors , Diedrich Knickerbocker , native of the city of New - York , produces this historical essay * . Like the great Father of History whose words I have just quoted , I treat of times long past , over which the twilight ...
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Account Affairs againſt ancient becauſe breeches burghers burgomasters Cavaliers Claufe Commiffioners Communipaw Confideration Conftitution Corlear coun council Country Country Party Court Crown Defign defired Duke of Hamilton Dutch Earl England English faid fame Favour fent feveral fhall fhould fince firft fome foon Fort Casimir Fort Christina fuch fure gallant Government governor head himſelf historian Honour Houfe Houſe Intereft Kieft King Kingdom Kingdom of Scotland laft land likewife Lord Majefty Manhattoes Meaſures ment mighty moft moſt Nation neceffary never New-Amsterdam Number Occafion oppofe pafs Parlia Parliament Parliament of England Party Perfons Peter Stuyvesant philosophers pipe Propofal Proteftation province Purpoſe Queen readers Reafon Refolve renowned reprefented sage Scotland Scots Scots Parliament Seffion smoke sturdy Succeffion Swedes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Treaty Treaty of Union trumpet Twiller Union valiant Vote whole William Kieft William the Testy worthy Wouter Van Twiller
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Seite 90 - ... of a man of quick parts; by the other many a dunderpate, like the owl, the stupidest of birds, comes to be considered the very type of wisdom.
Seite 89 - The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters who had successively dozed away their lives and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam, and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety that they were never either heard or talked of— which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and rulers.
Seite 93 - Van Twiller, from the consideration that he was not only the first but also the best Governor that ever presided over this ancient and respectable province; and so tranquil and benevolent was his reign, that I do not find throughout the whole of it a single instance of any offender being brought to punishment...
Seite 112 - The parties broke up without noise and without confusion. They were carried home by their own carriages, that is to say, by the vehicles nature had provided them, excepting such of the wealthy as could afford to keep a wagon. The gentlemen gallantly attended their fair ones to their respective abodes, and took leave of them with a hearty smack at the door...
Seite 87 - New -Amsterdam in the merry month of June, the sweetest month in all the year; when Dan Apollo seems to dance up the transparent firmament...
Seite 109 - As to the family, they always entered in at the gate, and most generally lived in the kitchen. To have seen a numerous household assembled round the fire, one would have imagined that he was transported back to those happy days of primeval simplicity, which float before our imaginations like golden visions. The fireplaces were of a truly patriarchal magnitude, where the...
Seite 110 - The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes.
Seite 110 - These fashionable parties were generally confined to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own wagons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in winter time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark.
Seite 91 - Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament ; and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of every thing that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple.
Seite 111 - At these primitive tea-parties the utmost propriety and dignity of deportment prevailed. No flirting nor coquetting — no gambling of old ladies, nor hoyden chattering and romping of young ones — no self-satisfied struttings of wealthy gentlemen, with their brains in their pockets — nor amusing conceits, anc} • monkey divertisements, of smart young gentlemen with no brains at all. On the contrary, the young ladies seated themselves demurely in their rush-bottomed chairs, and knit their own...