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 Published, Band 1John Murray, 1821 |
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... philosophers caused thereby , and the discovery of America 56 CHAP . IV . Showing the great difficulty Philosophers have had in peopling America - And how the Abori- CONTENTS . gines came to be begotten by accident -
... philosophers caused thereby , and the discovery of America 56 CHAP . IV . Showing the great difficulty Philosophers have had in peopling America - And how the Abori- CONTENTS . gines came to be begotten by accident -
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... philosophers who have entertained very different opinions ; some , too , of them entitled to much deference from their great antiquity and illustrious characters . Thus it was advanced by some of the ancient sages , that the earth was ...
... philosophers who have entertained very different opinions ; some , too , of them entitled to much deference from their great antiquity and illustrious characters . Thus it was advanced by some of the ancient sages , that the earth was ...
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... philosophers concerning the earth , and we find that the learned have had equal perplex- ity as to the nature of the sun . Some of the an- cient philosophers have affirmed that it is a vast wheel of brilliant fire ; others that it is ...
... philosophers concerning the earth , and we find that the learned have had equal perplex- ity as to the nature of the sun . Some of the an- cient philosophers have affirmed that it is a vast wheel of brilliant fire ; others that it is ...
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... philosopher , the people of Athens having fully refuted them , by banishing him from their city ; a concise mode of answering unwelcome doctrines , much resorted to in former days . Another sect of philosophers do declare , that certain ...
... philosopher , the people of Athens having fully refuted them , by banishing him from their city ; a concise mode of answering unwelcome doctrines , much resorted to in former days . Another sect of philosophers do declare , that certain ...
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... philosopher of antiquity . In addition to these various speculations , it was the opinion of Herschel , that the sun ... philosophers touching the form of this globe , but content our- selves with the theory advanced in the beginning of ...
... philosopher of antiquity . In addition to these various speculations , it was the opinion of Herschel , that the sun ... philosophers touching the form of this globe , but content our- selves with the theory advanced in the beginning of ...
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alderman America Amsterdam ancestors ancient AUTHOR body burghers burgomasters called CHAPTER Charondas colony Communipaw Connecticut council descendants discovered discovery divers doubt Dutch Dutch language earth enlightened eyes fair fort Amsterdam Gibbet Island Goed Hoop Goede Vrouw GOLDEN REIGN governor happy head heart heaven heroes hippogriffs historian honest honour Hudson huge Indians ingenious inhabitants island Juet known Kortlandt land learned likewise manner ment mighty mind moon moss-troopers Mynher nature neighbours never New-Amsterdam New-Netherlands Noah old gentleman Oloffe once opinion Oyster Bay oysters philosophers pipe planet present proclamation profound readers reign renowned Wouter river sage savages Schoonhoven seemed settlement shores smoke sturdy Ten Broeck theory thing tion took Tough Breeches town tranquillity turn valiant voyage Weathersfield whole Wilhelmus Kieft William Kieft William the Testy wise words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees
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Seite 181 - ... 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 208 - The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new years' days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion. It was ornamented with a gorgeous brass knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes in the device of a dog, and sometimes of a lion's head, and was daily burnished with such religious zeal, that it was oft-times worn out by the very precautions taken for its preservation. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation...
Seite 214 - 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 185 - Nay, it has even been said, that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and intricacy was on the carpet, the renowned Wouter would shut his eyes for full two hours at a time, that he might not be disturbed by external objects — and at such times the internal commotion of his mind was evinced by certain regular guttural sounds, which his admirers declared were merely the noise of conflict, made by his contending doubts and opinions.
Seite 132 - Then why should we quarrel for riches, Or any such glittering toys ; A light heart and thin pair of breeches, Will go through the world, my brave boys...
Seite 184 - 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...
Seite 211 - 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 210 - 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.
Seite 185 - Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws. Instead of a sceptre he swayed a long 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,...
Seite 213 - ... 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, Flat-Bush, and all our uncontaminated Dutch villages.