A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Band 1Lea & Blanchard, successors to Carey & Company, 1839 |
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America Amsterdam ancestors ancient astonishing body Breeches burghers burgomasters called CHAPTER Charondas Chewit colony Communipaw Connecticut consequence council descendants divers doubt Dutch language earth enemy eyes fair father favour Fort Amsterdam Gibbet Island Goed Hoop Goede Vrouw GOLDEN REIGN governor happy head heart Heaven Herodotus heroes historian honest honour Hudson huge Indians ingenious inhabitants island Jacobus Van Curlet known Kortlandt land learned likewise linsey-woolsey Manetho manner mighty mind mosstroopers nature Nederlandts neighbours never New-Amsterdam New-Netherlands New-York Nieuw-Nederlandts Noah old gentleman Oloffe once Pavonia philosophers pipe planet political porpoises present profound province readers reign renowned Wouter river sage savages Schoonhoven seemed settlement shores smoke sturdy Ten Broeck thing tion took Tough Breeches tranquillity turn valiant voyage Weathersfield whole Wilhelmus Kieft William Kieft William the Testy wise words worthy Wouter Van Twiller Yankees
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Seite 147 - 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 rulers.
Seite 167 - The sage council, as has been mentioned in a preceding chapter, not being able to determine upon any plan for the building of their city — the cows, in a laudable fit of patriotism, took it under their peculiar charge, and as they went to and from pasture, established paths through the bushes, on each side of which the good folks built their houses ; which is one cause of the rambling and picturesque turns and labyrinths which distinguish certain streets of New York at this very day.
Seite 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.
Seite 149 - ... that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a Spitzenberg apple. 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 153 - ... that, having carefully counted over the leaves and weighed the books, it was found that one was just as thick and as heavy as the other; therefore, it was the final opinion of the court that the accounts were equally balanced: therefore, Wandle should give Barent a receipt, and Barent should give Wandle a receipt, and the constable should pay the costs.
Seite 170 - The fire-places 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 148 - This, by the way, is a casual remark, which I would not for the universe have it thought I apply to Governor Van Twiller.
Seite 168 - ... simplicity and sunshine, a passion for cleanliness was the leading principle in domestic economy, and the universal test of an able housewife, — a character which formed the utmost ambition of our unenlightened grandmothers. The front door was never opened except on marriages, funerals, new year's days, the festival of St. Nicholas, or some such great occasion.
Seite 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...