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 ...Carey & Lea, 1831 |
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1 Washington Irving Volledige weergave - 1835 |
A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ... Washington Irving Volledige weergave - 1831 |
A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ... Washington Irving Volledige weergave - 1840 |
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Amphyctions Amsterdam ancestors ancient arms battle breeches burghers burgomasters called CHAPTER Charondas colony commander Communipaw Connecticut divers doubt Dutch earth enemy eyes fair Fort Amsterdam Fort Casimir Fort Christina gallant garrison Gibbet Island Goed Hoop governor grand council head heart Heaven hero historian honest honour Hudson huge Indians inhabitants island Jacobus Van Curlet Kortlandt land likewise linsey-woolsey Manetho Manhattoes manner marvellous ment mighty mind mosstroopers nation nature Nederlanders neighbours never New-Amsterdam New-Netherlands New-York Nicholas Nieuw-Nederlandts nose occasion Oyster Bay peril Peter Stuyvesant Peter the Headstrong philosophers pipe Poffenburgh political present proclamation profound province readers reign renowned Wouter Risingh sage savages smoke sound spirit Stoffel sturdy Swedes sword thing tion took town tranquil trumpet turn valiant voyage warriors Weathersfield whole Wilhelmus Kieft William Kieft William the Testy wise word worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees
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Pagina 172 - 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 tea-table 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, Flatbush, and all our...
Pagina 168 - 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 ofttimes worn out, by the very precautions taken for its preservation. 6. The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation...
Pagina 149 - He was exactly five feet six inches in height and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable of supporting it; wherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his backbone, just between the shoulders.
Pagina 170 - 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.
Pagina 175 - ... and ostentatiously worn on the outside. These, in fact, were convenient receptacles, where all good housewives carefully stored away such things as they wished to have at hand, by which means they often came to be incredibly...
Pagina 151 - ... 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.
Pagina 171 - 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.
Pagina 168 - ... 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.
Pagina 171 - The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks...