A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty ...M. Thomas, 1819 - 296 Seiten |
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... opinion of Herschel , that the sun is a magnificent , habitable abode ; the light it furnishes arising from certain empyreal , luminous or phosphoric clouds , swimming in its transparent atmosphere.t But we will not enter further at ...
... opinion of Herschel , that the sun is a magnificent , habitable abode ; the light it furnishes arising from certain empyreal , luminous or phosphoric clouds , swimming in its transparent atmosphere.t But we will not enter further at ...
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... opinion , being heartily glad of any explanation that would decently extricate them from their em- barrassment and ever since that memorable era the world has been left to take her own course , and to revolve around the sun in such ...
... opinion , being heartily glad of any explanation that would decently extricate them from their em- barrassment and ever since that memorable era the world has been left to take her own course , and to revolve around the sun in such ...
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... opinion of certain ancient sages , that the earth and the whole system of the uni- verse , was the deity himself ; * a doctrine most strenuously maintained by Zenophanes and the whole tribe of Eleatics , as also by Strato and the sect ...
... opinion of certain ancient sages , that the earth and the whole system of the uni- verse , was the deity himself ; * a doctrine most strenuously maintained by Zenophanes and the whole tribe of Eleatics , as also by Strato and the sect ...
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... opinion of the Atheists , they were fortuitously aggregated , or as the Theists main- tain , were arranged by a supreme intelligence . † Whether in fact the earth be an insensate clod , or whether it be animated by a soul ; which opi ...
... opinion of the Atheists , they were fortuitously aggregated , or as the Theists main- tain , were arranged by a supreme intelligence . † Whether in fact the earth be an insensate clod , or whether it be animated by a soul ; which opi ...
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... opinion of others , that the earth was hatched from the great egg of night , which floated in chaos , and was cracked by the horns of the celestial bull . To illustrate this last doctrine , Burnet in his theory of the earth , * has ...
... opinion of others , that the earth was hatched from the great egg of night , which floated in chaos , and was cracked by the horns of the celestial bull . To illustrate this last doctrine , Burnet in his theory of the earth , * has ...
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Seite iv - ilKHntt.v, uf the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the word* following, to wit: A History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty.
Seite 160 - 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.
Seite 180 - ... and loyal citizens, however, always went according to the weathercock on the top of the governor's house, which was certainly the most correct, as he had a trusty servant employed every morning to climb up and set it to the right quarter.
Seite 188 - ... and what is still more praiseworthy, they were all of their own manufacture — of which circumstance, as may well be supposed, they were not a little vain. These were the honest days, in which every woman staid at home, read the Bible, and wore pockets — ay, and that too of a goodly size, fashioned with patchwork into many curious devices, and ostentatiously worn on the outside. These, in fact, were convenient receptacles, where all good housewives carefully...
Seite 158 - 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.
Seite 154 - ... of the meadows — all which happy coincidence persuaded the old dames of New Amsterdam, who were skilled in the art of foretelling events, that this was to be a happy and prosperous administration.
Seite 185 - 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 woolen stockings,...
Seite 182 - ... 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.
Seite 160 - 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, fabricated by an experienced timmerman of Amsterdam, and curiously carved about the arms and feet, into exact imitations of gigantic eagle's claws.
Seite 184 - 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...