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, 1854 - 441页 |
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Amsterdam ancient Antony the Trumpeter Antony Van Corlear arms behold bosom breeches burghers burgomasters called Casimir CHAPTER city of New-Amsterdam cocked commander Communipaw Connecticut river Curlet descendants divers doubt Dutch Dutchman earth enemy expedition eyes fair fire Fort Casimir Fort Christina fortress gallant garrison Gibbet Island 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 Merryland moss-troopers Mynheer neighbors never New-Netherlands Nicholas Nieuw-Nederlands nose Oloffe the Dreamer oyster patroon Pavonia perilous 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 thing tion took tranquil true trumpet turned valiant valor voyage Vrouw warriors Weathersfield whole William Kieft William the Testy words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees yore
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第xv页 - DISTRESSING. Left his lodgings, some time since, and has not since been heard of, a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker. As there are some reasons for believing he is not entirely in his right mind, and as great anxiety is entertained about him, any information concerning him, left either at the Columbian Hotel, Mulberry Street, or at the office of this paper, will be thankfully received.
第140页 - The renowned Wouter (or Walter) Van Twiller was descended from a long line of Dutch burgomasters, who had successively dozed away their lives, and grown fat upon the bench of magistracy in Rotterdam; and who had comported themselves with such singular wisdom and propriety, that they were never either heard or talked of — which, next to being universally applauded, should be the object of ambition of all magistrates and — [^Tilers.
第162页 - 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 economic old lady, which was to suspend a large lump directly over the...
第142页 - Van Twiller — a true philosopher, for his mind was either elevated above, or tranquilly settled below, the cares and perplexities of this world.
第160页 - The young folks would crowd round the hearth, listening with breathless attention to some old crone of a negro, who was the oracle of the family, and who, perched like a raven in a corner of the chimney, would croak forth for a long winter afternoon a string of incredible stories about New England witches — grisly ghosts, horses without heads — and hairbreadth escapes, and bloody encounters among the Indians.
第143页 - 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.
第140页 - ... gravity that he was never known to laugh or even to smile through the whole course of a long and prosperous life. Nay if a joke were uttered in his presence, that set light-minded hearers in a roar, it was observed to throw him into a state of perplexity. Sometimes he would deign to inquire into...
第141页 - ... Certain it is that, if any matter were propounded to him on which ordinary mortals would rashly determine at first glance, he would put on a vague, mysterious look, shake his capacious head, smoke some time in profound silence, and at length observe that "he had his doubts about the matter"; which gained him the reputation of a man slow of belief and not easily imposed upon.
第202页 - ... universally denominated William the Testy. His appearance answered to his name. He was a brisk, wiry, waspish little old gentleman ; such a one as may now and then be seen stumping about our city in a broad-skirted coat with huge buttons, a cocked hat stuck on the back of his head, and a cane as high as his chin. His face was broad, but his features were sharp ; his cheeks were scorched into a dusky red by two fiery little gray eyes ; his nose turned up, and the corners of his mouth turned down,...
第159页 - The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new-year's 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...