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 Times that Ever Hath Been Or Ever Will be PublishedG.P. Putnam and Son, 661 Broadway, 1868 - 528 páginas |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Amphictyons Amsterdam ancient Antony the Trumpeter Antony Van Corlear arms battle bosom breeches burghers burgomasters called Casimir CHAPTER cocked commander Communipaw Connecticut river Curlet descendants divers doubt Dutch earth enemy eyes fair Fort Casimir Fort Christina fortress gallant garrison Gibbet Island Goed Hoop grand council hand head heart heaven hero High Mightinesses historian honest honor Hudson huge Indian inhabitants island kind Knickerbocker Kortlandt land linsey-woolsey Manetho Manhattoes Manna-hata ment moss-troopers Mynheer neighbors Netherlands never Nicholas Nieuw Nederlands nose old gentleman Oloffe the Dreamer oysters patroon perils Peter Stuyvesant Peter the Headstrong philosophers pipe Poffenburgh possession potent present province readers reign renowned Risingh river sage savages shores smoke sound sturdy Swedes sword tion took tranquil true turned valiant valor voyage Vrouw warriors whole William Kieft William the Testy words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees yore
Passagens conhecidas
Página 175 - ... 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, in accounting for its rising above the surrounding 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...
Página 193 - The sage council, as has been mentioned in a preceding chapter, not being able to determine upon any plan for the building of their city, — the cows, in a laudable fit of patriotism, took it under their peculiar charge, and, as they went to and from pasture, established paths through the bushes, on each side of which the good folks built their houses, — which is one cause of the rambling and picturesque turns and labyrinths which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day.
Página 177 - ... 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...
Página 108 - Our master and his mate determined to try some of the chiefe men of the countrey, whether they had any treacherie in them. So they tooke them downe into the cabin and gave them so much wine and aqua...
Página 177 - Alraschid among the true believers. The two parties being confronted before him, each produced a book of accounts written in a language and character that would have puzzled any but a High Dutch commentator or a learned decipherer of Egyptian obelisks.
Página 196 - The fireplaces were of a truly patriarchal magnitude, where the whole family, old and young, master and servant, black and white, nay, even the very cat and dog, enjoyed a community of privilege, and had each a right to a corner.
Página 174 - His body was oblong and particularly capacious at bottom ; which was wisely ordered by Providence, seeing that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labor of walking.
Página 172 - There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world : one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all.
Página 177 - The very outset of the career of this excellent magistrate was distinguished by an example of legal acumen, that gave flattering presage of a wise and equitable administration. The...
Página 355 - 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, Each cow, each horse, and each hog: For fear they did flee, for they took him to be Some strange outlandish hedge-hog.