A History of New York from the Beginning of the WorldW.C. Wright, 1825 - 312 halaman |
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Halaman vii
... Connecticut and thereabouts : showing , moreover , the true Meaning of Liberty of Conscience , and a curious Device among these sturdy Barbarians to keep up a Harmony of Intercourse , and promote Population .... CHAP . VII . How these ...
... Connecticut and thereabouts : showing , moreover , the true Meaning of Liberty of Conscience , and a curious Device among these sturdy Barbarians to keep up a Harmony of Intercourse , and promote Population .... CHAP . VII . How these ...
Halaman ix
... Connecticut ; and the Rise of the great Amphyctionic Conncil of the East , and the Decline of William the Testy ...... BOOK FIFTH . Page 156 Containing the first Part of the Reign of Peter Stuyvesant , and his Troubles with the ...
... Connecticut ; and the Rise of the great Amphyctionic Conncil of the East , and the Decline of William the Testy ...... BOOK FIFTH . Page 156 Containing the first Part of the Reign of Peter Stuyvesant , and his Troubles with the ...
Halaman 11
... Connecticut witch on her broomstick , " to sweep the cobwebs out of the sky . " It is an old and vulgar saying , about a beggar on horseback , " which I would not for the world have applied to these reverend philosophers : but I must ...
... Connecticut witch on her broomstick , " to sweep the cobwebs out of the sky . " It is an old and vulgar saying , about a beggar on horseback , " which I would not for the world have applied to these reverend philosophers : but I must ...
Halaman 12
... Connecticut ; who at their first settlement proclaimed , that the colony should be governed by the laws of God --- until they had time to make better . One thing however appears certain --- from the unani- mous authority of the before ...
... Connecticut ; who at their first settlement proclaimed , that the colony should be governed by the laws of God --- until they had time to make better . One thing however appears certain --- from the unani- mous authority of the before ...
Halaman 73
... Connecticut river , seemed to be the darling offspring of the venerable council . * Thus prosperously , to all appearance , did the province of New Netherlands advance in power ; and the early history of its metropolis presents a fair ...
... Connecticut river , seemed to be the darling offspring of the venerable council . * Thus prosperously , to all appearance , did the province of New Netherlands advance in power ; and the early history of its metropolis presents a fair ...
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Amphyctions Amsterdam ancestors ancient Anthony Van Corlear Anthony's Nose arms battle breeches burghers burgomasters called CHAP colony commander Communipaw Connecticut Curlet descendants divers doubt Dutch earth enemy eyes fair favourite Fort Amsterdam Fort Casimir Fort Christina gallant garrison Gibbet island grand council hand head heart heaven heroes historian honest honour Hudson huge illustrious immortal Indians ingenious inhabitants island King Arthur Kortlandt land learned likewise Manetho Manhattoes manner ment mighty mind Mynheer nation neighbours Netherlands never Nicholas Nieuw Nederlandts occasion old governor Oloffe perilous Peter Stuyvesant Peter the Headstrong philosophers pipe Poffenburgh present privy counsellors profound province readers reign renowned Wouter Risingh river sage savages settlement shores smoke sound sturdy Swedes sword thing tion took tranquillity true trumpet turn valiant voyage Vrouw warriors whole Wilhelmus Wilhelmus Kieft William Kieft William the Testy word worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees yore
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Halaman 95 - To sweeten the beverage a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup, and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which was to suspend a large lump directly over the teatable by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious expedient which is still kept up by some families in Albany, but which prevails without exception in Communipaw, Bergen, Flatbush, and all our...
Halaman 79 - His habits were as regular as his person. He daily took his four stated meals, appropriating exactly an hour to each ; he smoked and doubted eight hours, and he slept the remaining twelve of the four-and-twenty.
Halaman 79 - Wouter Van Twiller— a true philosopher, for his mind was either elevated above, or tranquilly settled below, the cares and perplexities of this world. He had lived in it for years, without feeling the least curiosity to know whether the sun revolved round it, or it round the sun; and he had watched for at least half a century the smoke curling from his pipe to the ceiling, without once troubling his head with any of those numerous theories by which a philosopher would have perplexed his brain,...
Halaman 94 - Dinner was invariably a private meal, and the fat old burghers showed incontestable symptoms of disapprobation and uneasiness at being surprised by a visit from a neighbor on such occasions. But though our worthy ancestors were thus singularly averse to giving dinners, yet they kept...
Halaman 79 - ... atmosphere. In his council he presided with great state and solemnity. He sat in a huge chair of solid oak, hewn in the celebrated forest of the Hague...
Halaman 94 - 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.
Halaman 78 - He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable of supporting it; wherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his backbone, just between the shoulders.
Halaman 79 - His legs were short, but sturdy in proportion to the weight they had to sustain ; so that when erect he had not a little the appearance of a beer barrel on skids.
Halaman 92 - The houses of the higher class were generally constructed of wood, excepting the gable end which was of small black and yellow Dutch bricks, and always faced on the street, as our ancestors, like their descendants, were very much given to outward show, and were noted for putting the best leg foremost.
Halaman 75 - Amsterdam in the merry month of June, the sweetest month in all the year; when dan Apollo seems to dance up the transparent firmament...