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 Hath Ever Been Published, Volume 1 |
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... hands full of papers , and say something about " deranging his ideas ; " which made my wife believe sometimes that he was not altogether compos . Indeed , there was more than one reason to make her think so , for his room was always co ...
... hands full of papers , and say something about " deranging his ideas ; " which made my wife believe sometimes that he was not altogether compos . Indeed , there was more than one reason to make her think so , for his room was always co ...
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... hand in the following history . : As our lodger had been a long time with us , and we had never received any pay , my wife be- gan to be somewhat uneasy , and curious to find out who and what he was . She accordingly made bold to put ...
... hand in the following history . : As our lodger had been a long time with us , and we had never received any pay , my wife be- gan to be somewhat uneasy , and curious to find out who and what he was . She accordingly made bold to put ...
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... hand - and has never been heard of since . All kinds of inquiries were made after him , but in vain . I wrote to his re- lations at Scaghtikoke , but they sent for answer , that he had not been there since the year before last , when he ...
... hand - and has never been heard of since . All kinds of inquiries were made after him , but in vain . I wrote to his re- lations at Scaghtikoke , but they sent for answer , that he had not been there since the year before last , when he ...
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... hands with him , when they met in the street ; which certainly was going great lengths , considering that they differed in politics . Indeed , certain of the governor's confidential friends , to whom he could venture to speak his mind ...
... hands with him , when they met in the street ; which certainly was going great lengths , considering that they differed in politics . Indeed , certain of the governor's confidential friends , to whom he could venture to speak his mind ...
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... hand- bills , and productions of similar import ; and , al- though he never meddled with the public papers , yet had he the credit of writing innumerable es- says , and smart things , that appeared on all sub- jects , and all sides of ...
... hand- bills , and productions of similar import ; and , al- though he never meddled with the public papers , yet had he the credit of writing innumerable es- says , and smart things , that appeared on all sub- jects , and all sides of ...
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Page ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 166 - This decision being straightway made known, diffused general joy throughout New Amsterdam, for the people immediately perceived, that they had a very wise and equitable magistrate to rule over them. But its happiest effect was, that not another lawsuit took place throughout the whole of his administration — and the office of constable fell into such decay, that there was not one of those losel scouts known in the province for many years. I am the more particular in dwelling on this transaction,...
Page 183 - In this sacred apartment no one was permitted to enter, excepting the mistress and her confidential maid, who visited it once a week, for the purpose of giving it a thorough cleaning, and putting things to rights — always taking the precaution of leaving their shoes at the door, and entering devoutly on their stocking feet.
Page 162 - 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.
Page 165 - ... bitterly of one Barent Bleecker, inasmuch as he refused to come to a settlement of accounts, seeing that there was a heavy balance in favor of the said Wandle. Governor Van Twiller, as I have already observed, was a man of few words ; he was likewise a mortal enemy to multiplying writings — or being disturbed at his breakfast.
Page 183 - ... worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and...
Page 187 - 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 and 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 woollen...
Page 160 - ... casual remark, which I would not for the universe have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller.
Page 163 - Turkish pipe, wrought with jasmin and amber, which had been presented to a stadtholder of Holland, at the conclusion of a treaty with one of the petty Barbary powers. In this stately chair would he sit, and this magnificent pipe would he smoke, shaking his right knee with a constant motion, and fixing his eye for hours together upon a little print of Amsterdam, which hung in a black frame against the opposite wall of the council chamber.
Page 188 - 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...