The Works of Washington Irving, Том 1G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1851 |
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... shores of the Tappan Sea , and his sojourn at Haverstraw and Esopus . Finding that there was no longer any immediate necessity for his return to New - York , he extended his journey up to the resi- dence of his relations at Scaghtikoke ...
... shores of the Tappan Sea , and his sojourn at Haverstraw and Esopus . Finding that there was no longer any immediate necessity for his return to New - York , he extended his journey up to the resi- dence of his relations at Scaghtikoke ...
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... shore and find a country ready laid out and cultivated like a garden , wherein they might revel at their ease ? No such thing - they had forests to cut down , underwood to grub up , marshes to drain , and savages to exterminate . In ...
... shore and find a country ready laid out and cultivated like a garden , wherein they might revel at their ease ? No such thing - they had forests to cut down , underwood to grub up , marshes to drain , and savages to exterminate . In ...
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... shores , and consigned them to their original ignorance and misery ? -But no - so zealous were they to effect the temporal comfort and eternal salvation of these pagan infidels , that they even proceeded from the milder means of ...
... shores , and consigned them to their original ignorance and misery ? -But no - so zealous were they to effect the temporal comfort and eternal salvation of these pagan infidels , that they even proceeded from the milder means of ...
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... to us , than was the European mystery of navigating floating castles , through the world of waters , to the simple natives . We have already dis- 1925 116 covered the art of coasting along the aerial shores of HISTORY OF NEW - YORK . 69.
... to us , than was the European mystery of navigating floating castles , through the world of waters , to the simple natives . We have already dis- 1925 116 covered the art of coasting along the aerial shores of HISTORY OF NEW - YORK . 69.
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Washington Irving. covered the art of coasting along the aerial shores of our planet , by means of balloons , as the savages had of venturing along their sea - coasts in canoes ; and the disparity between the former , and the aerial ...
Washington Irving. covered the art of coasting along the aerial shores of our planet , by means of balloons , as the savages had of venturing along their sea - coasts in canoes ; and the disparity between the former , and the aerial ...
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Amphictyons Amsterdam ancient Antony the Trumpeter Antony Van Corlear arms battle behold breeches burghers burgomasters called Casimir CHAPTER city of New-Amsterdam cocked commander Communipaw Connecticut river descendants doubt Dutch Dutchman earth enemy expedition eyes fair favorite 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 Manhattoes Manna-hata Merryland moss-troopers Mynheer neighbors never New-Amsterdam New-Netherlands New-York 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 round sage savages shores smoke sound sturdy Swedes sword thing tion took tranquil true trumpet turned valiant valor voyage warriors whole William Kieft William the Testy words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees yore
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Стр. 142 - His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by any of those lines and angles which disfigure the human countenance with what is termed expression. Two small...
Стр. 392 - You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first " He is doubling his fortifications at Boston, and hopes to secure his troops till succour arrives.
Стр. 140 - 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 sage magistrates and rulers...
Стр. 139 - Nederlandts, under the commission and control of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and the privileged West India Company.
Стр. 160 - The young folks would crowd around 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.
Стр. 161 - The tea was served out of a majestic delft teapot, ornamented with paintings of fat little Dutch shepherds and shepherdesses, tending pigs — with boats sailing in the air, and houses built in the clouds, and sundry other ingenious Dutch fantasies.
Стр. 160 - 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. After scrubbing the floor, sprinkling it with fine white sand, which was curiously stroked into angles, and curves, and rhomboids with a broom...
Стр. 162 - ... 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 uncontaminated Dutch villages.
Стр. 202 - 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, pretty much like the muzzle...
Стр. 144 - The sage Wouter took them, one after the other, and having poised them in his hands, and attentively counted over the number of leaves, fell straightway into a very great doubt, and smoked for half an hour without saying a word. At length, laying his finger beside...