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, 第 1 卷C.S. Van Winkle, 1824 - 662页 |
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... savages to exterminate . In like manner , I have sundry doubts to clear away , questions to resolve , and paradoxes to ex- plain , before I permit you to range at random ; but these difficulties once overcome , we shall be enabled to ...
... savages to exterminate . In like manner , I have sundry doubts to clear away , questions to resolve , and paradoxes to ex- plain , before I permit you to range at random ; but these difficulties once overcome , we shall be enabled to ...
第73页
... savages into dumb beasts , by dint of argument , advanced still strong- er proofs ; for as certain divines of the sixteenth century , and among the rest Lullus , affirm - the Americans go naked , and have no beards ! - " They have ...
... savages into dumb beasts , by dint of argument , advanced still strong- er proofs ; for as certain divines of the sixteenth century , and among the rest Lullus , affirm - the Americans go naked , and have no beards ! - " They have ...
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... savage and " pernicious beasts . " * Now it is notorious , that the savages knew no- thing of agriculture , when first discovered by the Europeans , but lived a most vagabond , disorder- ly , unrighteous life , -rambling from place to ...
... savage and " pernicious beasts . " * Now it is notorious , that the savages knew no- thing of agriculture , when first discovered by the Europeans , but lived a most vagabond , disorder- ly , unrighteous life , -rambling from place to ...
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... savages might plead that they drew all the benefits from the land which their simple wants required - they found plenty of game to hunt , which , together with the roots and uncultivated fruits of the earth , furnished a suf- ficient ...
... savages might plead that they drew all the benefits from the land which their simple wants required - they found plenty of game to hunt , which , together with the roots and uncultivated fruits of the earth , furnished a suf- ficient ...
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... SAVAGES HAVE NO RIGHTS . men beside , who have considered the matter pro- perly , have determined , that the property of a country cannot be acquired by hunting , cutting wood , or drawing water in it — nothing but precise demarcation ...
... SAVAGES HAVE NO RIGHTS . men beside , who have considered the matter pro- perly , have determined , that the property of a country cannot be acquired by hunting , cutting wood , or drawing water in it — nothing but precise demarcation ...
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alderman America Amsterdam ancestors ancient AUTHOR body Broeck burghers burgomasters called CHAPTER Charondas Chewit colony Communipaw Connecticut council Curlet descendants discovered discovery divers doubt Dutch language earth exceedingly fair father fort Amsterdam gallant Gibbet Island Goed Hoop Goede Vrouw GOLDEN REIGN governor happy head heart heroes historian honest honour Hudson huge Indians ingenious inhabitants island Juet known Kortlandt land learned likewise Manetho manner matter mighty mind moon nature neighbours never New-Amsterdam New-York Nieuw-Nederlandts Noah observed old gentleman Oloffe once opinion Oyster Bay philosophers pipe planet proclamation profound province readers reign renowned Wouter river sage savages Schoonhoven settlement shores smoke sturdy Ten Broeck theory thing tion tobacco smoke took Tough Breeches tranquillity turn voyage Weathersfield whole Wilhelmus Kieft William Kieft William the Testy wise words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees
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第ii页 - 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...
第166页 - 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,...
第183页 - 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.
第162页 - 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.
第165页 - ... 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.
第183页 - ... 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...
第187页 - 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...
第160页 - ... casual remark, which I would not for the universe have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller.
第163页 - 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.
第188页 - 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...