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that some historian will kindly take them into notice and them into a what is immortal f ner of his volume for in short the mighty of all their toil their hardships and is nothing but immortal fame and what fe immortal fame why half a page of dirty paper alas alas how humiliating the idea that the renown of so gre...	48
that his trade was wholly different that he was a poor and had never with a watch m his that there were men in the art whose business it was to attend t those matters but for his part he should only the and put the whole in con why master of mine cried p er turning suddenly upon him with a countenance that almost the ...	48
with reverence to the planting of those mighty dutch have taken such vigorous root and s in our state the blood which has in a work published many after the tune here treated in by c w a m it is mentioned that was counted the richest in new and fi d to ive whole indian money or and had a son and daughter who according ...	48
he vainly to at the time of receiving the alarming from south river the great peter was busily employed in certain indian troubles that liad broken out about and was moreover meditating how to relieve his eastern borders on the he however sent word to calm ik the south to be of good hearty to incessant and to let him k...	48
s plot thus cities and seem to creep along in silent obscurity under the pen of the historian until at length they burst forth in some tremendous calamity and snatch as it were from the explosion the above principle being admitted my reader will plainly perceive that the city of new and its dependent province are on t...	48
pleasant be your way prosperous your return the hero that ever drew a s sword and the that ever trod shoe leather legends are silent the events our in this their tons travel excepting the which gives the substance of a pleasant uttle heroic poem written on the occasion by who appears to have been the i bet of new th...	48
and most powerful people under the sun yet were the of peter somewhat n that point they dreaded moreover lest that speeches stem hero should th of obeying his orders th had wasted time in to the l of the mob than which they well new there was nothing he held in more exalted contempt to i np therefore as s as possible ...	48
for nothing all the rest of their lives like some which having swallowed a pearl its shell settles in the mud and parts with its life sooner than its treasure every plan of defence seemed to these gentlemen with ruin an armed force was a of upon the public property to fit out a naval was to throw their money into the ...	48
sundry times to p him in the excess of his wrath from descending down from the mountains and falling sword in hand upon certain of the border towns who were forth their the first movements of the governor reach ing his dwelling was to mount the roof from whence he contemplated with aspect the hostile this had already c...	48
in a resolute body into the room with a of and at their heels and abruptly demanded a perusal of the letter thus to be broken in upon by what he esteemed a rascal and that too at the very moment he was grinding under an irritation from abroad was too much for the with his wooden leg be peter he tore the letter in a pie...	48
gain uttle more than threatened s and broken heads the first of which they in philosophic indifference the latter in utter by these means therefore id the succeed in the and affections of the from their gallant old governor whom they considered as bent upon them into hideous and did not hesitate to speak their minds f...	48
as an ox and a head that would have set to scorn yet after all he was a mere mortal wearied out by these repeated and this eternal and perceiving that he complied the inhabitants would follow their own inclinations or rather their fears without waiting for finally lie ordered to hand p th paper it was accordingly hoi...	48
strong hold of the family still seen certain of the peter length portrait m martial terrors the parlour wall his cocked hat and hang up in the best bed his breeches were for a long while suspended in the hall until some years since they occasioned a dispute between a new married and his silver wooden leg is still ed u...	48
vi contents pack chap v in which the author puts a mighty question to the by the assistance of the man in the moon which not only thousands of people from great embarrassment but likewise this treating of the first settlement of the province of chap i in which are contained divers reasons why a man should not write...	48
a be pi ed up to greatness and importance by containing the second part of the of peter the and his gallant achievements on the chap i in which is exhibited a warlike portrait of the great peter and how general von distinguished himself at fort ca m m chap ii showing how profound secrets are often brought to light ...	48
because my wife out his room his was and put every thing to rights he swore he would never be able to hia papers in order again in a th upon th my wife to ask him what he did with so and papers and he told her that he was seeking immortality which made her think more than ever that the poor old s head was a little cra...	48
by mr dated at a mt die banks o the h he liad the of certain ancient as this was one of those few and into which newspapers never find their way it is not a matter of that mr should never have seen the that were made concerning him and that he learn of the of his history mere accident he expressed much concern at its a...	48
very cheerfully considering these as so many compliments he was once invited to a great ner and was even twice summoned to attend as a at the court of quarter indeed so did he become that be could no longer about as formerly in all and comers of the city according to the bent of his humour unnoticed and but several tim...	48
endeavour to rival himself in observing the unity of history yet the loose and manner in whidi many of the facts recorded have come to hand such an attempt extremely difficult this difficulty was likewise increased by one of the grand objects contemplated in my work which was to trace the rise of sundry customs and ins...	48
body of a prodigious magnitude firom which this world is driven by a or power and to which it is drawn by a or attractive force otherwise called the attraction of a history of tion the or rather the of these two opposing impulses producing a circular and annual revolution hence result the different seasons of the year ...	48
into the world merely to annoy worthy men of the order desirous of the of the experiment suddenly arrested the arm of the professor just at the moment that the bucket was in its which immediately descended with astonishing precision on the philosophic head of the of youth a hollow sound and a red hot hiss attended the ...	48
on the form of intercourse and the of love an exquisitely refined intercourse but much better adapted to the inhabitants of his imaginary island of than to the sturdy race composed of rebellious flesh and blood the matter of fact island we besides these systems we have moreover the poetical t of old who the whole unive...	48
to conclude that the creation of a world is not so difficult it task as they at first imagined i have shown at least a score of ingenious methods in which a world could be constructed and i have no doubt that had any of the philosophers above quoted the use of a good find the philosophical at his command he would engag...	48
fact admitted by the most enlightened that travelled into china at the time of the building of the tower of probably to improve himself in the study of languages and the learned dr gives is the additional information that the ark rested on a mountain tm the of china from this mass of rational conjectures and many might...	48
cannot give my ith to this opinion i pass over the supposition of the learned who being both an and a is entitled to great respect that north america was peopled by a strolling company of and that was founded by a colony from china or the first being himself a chinese nor shall i history of more than barely m that th ...	48
been peopled to bring this about it was necessary to overcome all difficulties in the way and they have also been pious how does he put all the herd of laborious to the blush by explaining in five words what it ha ip co t fo prove they knew nothing they have been picking af th lo k and at e h ut th ho st i er at the do...	48
good and real evil in the world has no power over them in a word these unhappy mortals may be compared to children in whom the of reason is not completed now all these peculiarities although in the states of greece they would have entitled their new york to honour as having to practice those rigid and the mere talking ...	48
gin brandy and the other comforts of and it is astonishing to read how soon the poor savages learnt to estimate these blessings they likewise made known to them a thousand by which the most diseases are and healed and that they might comprehend the benefits and enjoy the comforts of these they previously introduced a...	48
attending to any body s business sooner than their own and having pulled off his coat and five pair of breeches he advanced up and laid the comer stone of the ch in the presence of the whole multitude just at the commencement of the month in a similar manner and with the example of my worthy before my eyes have i proc...	48
of sheep on a expedition or that i had the privileges of dan and dan to my with giants and to entertain our honest with an occasional concert of and and now and then with the show of honest old and his fleet of but alas the good old times have long gone by when your would history of descend upon this globe in their ow...	48
into the woods like a wild deer to the utter astonishment of the who had never heard such a noise or witnessed such a in their whole lives of the transactions of our with the savages and how the latter smoked copper pipes and ate dried how they brought great store of tobacco and how they shot one of the ship s crew and...	48
west india company who was allowed by every body except her husband to be a sweet tempered lady when not in it was in truth a most gallant vessel of the most approved dutch construction and made by the ship of who it is well known always model their ships after the fair forms of their country women accordingly it had o...	48
more adventurous and more knowing than their masters carry on all the foreign trade making frequent voyages to town in loaded with and they are great the changes of weather almost as accurately as an they are moreover exquisite on three in whistling they boast the powers of his l for not a horse or an ox in the place ...	48
being one of those new york ib that always a thing after it come to pass this supernatural vas as highly of j as it was among the enlightened na of antiquity the wise was more indebted his sleeping than his waking moments for all his je achievements and seldom undertook any great first soundly sleeping upon it and the ...	48
exclaimed he if i mistake not well the is a t well fish a among fishes his looks plenty and prosperity i greatly this round i fish doubt not but this i a happy omen of the success of our undertaking so saying he directed his to steer in the tract of these fishes turning therefore directly to die left they swept the...	48
its tide rolled gently back towards the quarter where lay their much regretted home the woe heroes of eyed each other this u a narrow strait in the sound at the distance of miles above new tt is dangerous to shipping unless under the cart of bj reason of numerous rocks sh and have sundry such as the pan a bade pot c an...	48
will of st that they should settle down and build the city here and that the smoke of the pipe was a type how vast should be the extent of the city as the of its smoke should spread over a vast extent of c and they all with one voice assented to this excepting ten who declared the meaning to be that it should be a city...	48
being and savage besides it was considered an excellent and measure to name it after a great city of the old world as by that means it was induced to the greatness and of its in the manner that little are called after great saints and and renowned of upon which they all copy their examples and to be very men in day an...	48
kind hearted had a great for their neighbours on account of their being pleasant men to with aiid de skilled in the art of making a bargain now and then a crew of half human sons of the forest would make their appearance in the streets of new painted and decorated with beads and feathers about with an air of list in th...	48
to assume the animation of life their eyes to pursue me in every movement i carried away by the of fancy i almost myself surrounded by the shades of the and holding sweet with the of antiquity i ah i bom in a age abandoned to the of a stranger and a weary pilgrim in thy native land with no weeping wife nor of helpless...	48
knee with a constant motion and fixing his eye for hours together upon a little print of which hung in a black frame against the op wall of the council nay it has even been said that when any deliberation of extraordinary length and was on the carpet the renowned would absolutely shut his eyes for full two hours at a t...	48
doubtful in the business of a board of was appointed which presided immediately over the police this potent body consisted of a or with powers between those of the present mayor and five who were equivalent to and five who as sub devils or bottle to the in the same manner as do assistant to their at the present day it...	48
genial days of van therefore ma y b fig fe were neither pi oar tions mm i nor were there c lar attended he was lucky la without as n of ib those days with his nose into s nor nt his own his io us to pieces the characters of o h every eat he was drank he was w to when die set the lo whether he sleepy lor not all which ...	48
a house which was the most as he had a servant employed every history f morning to up and it whichever the wind in those of and sunshine a thi leading in domestic the test of able a t of j hie never opened l marriages dew year da st or some great it was ornamented ith gorgeous brass into the device of a do f...	48
to any was a i tj iii iu d like w as to of bis pipe m se d the hue and white ti th wherein pas ol and his dog ta great swung on his and appeared jo out of the whale like a barrel of fire the parties broke up without noise and t coffin non they were carried home by their that is tp say by the nature had such of the cou...	48
brilliancy at the table and their with for our fore of too pacific a disposition to need those pf the every soul throughout the town being in full before nine o clock neither did they establish their claims to at the expense of their for as yet those against the pockets of society and the of all young gentlemen were un...	48
of the battery where the gay his sunday coat and the laborious relieved from the dirt and of the week poured his weekly tale of love into the half averted ear of the sentimental the bay still presented the sheet of water studded with islands sprinkled with fishing boats and bounded by shores of picturesque but the dark...	48
well enough in die honest times when it was made but in these days if a nation to rely merely upon the of its dealings it will fare something like an honest man among thieves who unless he have something mare than new york us ta depend upon stands but a poor chance of l his company such at least was the case with the g...	48
the injuries they had suffered themselves for indulging the preposterous idea of convincing the mind by g the body and establishing the doctrine of charity and forbearance by persecution but in simple truth what are we doing at this very day and in this very enlightened nation but acting upon this very same principle ...	48
parish an with windows of all dimensions but so and withal that every blast gives it a fit of the by the time the outside of this mighty air castle is completed either the funds or the zeal of our adventurer are exhausted so that he barely manage s to half finish me room where the whole tc ther while the rest of the ho...	48
discussion such at least was the case at present for while the renowned van was daily with his doubts and his resolution growing weaker and weaker in the contest the enemy pushed further and into his and assumed a most formidable appearance in the neighbourhood of fort here they founded the mighty town of or as it has ...	48
glorious era the of the desolation of happy splendid cities smoking in their ruin the works of art tumbled in the dust the shrieks and groans of whole nations ascending heaven it is thus the may be said to on the miseries of mankind they are like the birds of prey that over the field of battle to on the mighty dead i...	48
was in some measure a misfortune for he never engaged in argument of which he was exceeding fond but what between logical and he soon involved himself and his subject in a fog of and and then would get into a mighty passion with his adversary for not being convinced it is in knowledge as in he who sports and on the su...	48
known by the name of dog s misery here like the good he from the toils of taking lessons in government not from tbe but from the honoured wife of his bosom who was one of that peculiar kind of females sent upon earth a little before the flood as a punishment for the sins of mankind and commonly known by the of knowing ...	48
inhabitants but themselves down and forming all around it so that in a little while he should nd himself enclosed and by the enemy and totally at their mercy but am g the most of his i find the following still on record which may serve to show the bloody minded of these savage in the time they of have not and taken i...	48
posterity history does not make particular mention finally he swore that he would have nothing more to do with such a questioning eating watering horse crew that they might stay at fort and rot before he would dirty his hands by attempting to drive them away in proof of which he ordered the new raised troops to be mar...	48
follows that what affects the one must the other now it is an fact that of all i to the there is none more g than the marine animal known commonly by the vulgar of and in such great reverence has it ever been h by my fellow citizens that temples have been to it time out of mind in every street lane and throughout this...	48
depression whereas he who is of fresh as a man at the bottom of ladder runs very little risk of breaking his neck by tumbling to the top the very essence of true wisdom which consists in knowing when we ought u be j and was di ix much about the same time with that secret that thing is and of q in consequence of which y...	48
volume ascribed to the nor the pages of the containing the mysteries of the recorded by the learned yield any light to my inquiries nor am i in the least by my in the of the wandering jew though it enabled elm to make a ten days journey in twenty four hours neither can i perceive the slightest in the or sacred name of...	48
want of the consequence of this was that the being by an load of excellent laws and by a standing army of and s officers lived very lovingly together and were such a hi people that they scarce make any figure out the whole history for it is well known that none but your unlucky nations make any in the world weu would i...	48
of temper which the mr w thrown by the cm his and to experiment and occasioned him to keep his council in a continual and the council being to the people at large what or is to a they threw the whole into a t and the people at large being to the what the mind is to the body the unhappy they most upon new that in certai...	48
know the cause of this assemblage and this lawless to which these sturdy made no other reply than to back most in and puff away such a that the mm to lake refuge in the interior of his castle the immediately perceived the object this unusual tumult and that it would be impossible to si press a practice by long indulge...	48
he to the measure of he was laughed a ii history of at by the did he it by it and by his own way he himself he waa and distracted by of numerous and meetings of a ah of all he attended to the by incessantly changing his he of them a ir trials and by listening to the of the mob and endeavouring things he in sober trut...	48
land man history op of the or yankee it i l n to ae but i offend morbid who may find mm a head of mine tbe tough hide of an or an to me from their be the case should ly and my in offence but the of an iu b taking offence at any thing i say thai their ancestors use my ancestors ill is true and i am or h i with all my ...	48
times he seem have been totally overlooked and to have slipped the fingers of scrupulous z col p history of or other which i cannot divine there appears lo have been a among to sink his name into in consequence of which one and all even to of his this shows how important it is for great men to cultivate tie of the lea...	48
the of all l both great and small who stand shaking in the wind without knowing which way to a ruler who acts according to his own will is sure of ing him while he who seeks to satisfy the wishes and of others runs a great risk of pleasing nobody the clock that still and in one di is certain of being right twice in ih...	48
there was in all the world that more rejoiced his heart than to hear the plea sound of war and see the soldiers forth their casting his eyes kindly there fore upon the sturdy van and finding him to be a jolly fat little man shrewd in his discourse yet of great discretion and wind he a vast kindness for him and him fro...	48
expanded and his became more exquisite he grew rapidly more ingenious and experienced in the art of his fellow beings he invented a thousand devices to defend and to assault the the and the the sword the dart and the him to the wound as well as to the blow urging on in the brilliant and career of invention he and his p...	48
could even have to have s head to have kicked the van and his ragged regiment out of doors carried ery into activity and every hen on the ce of the earth with perfect but this wanton attack upon one of the most gallant and heroes oi modem times is too even for me to and has with a single the patience of the historian a...	48
the of i red hot with and and wh have just to know that no time so for getting on the e b backs as when they are in a state of turmoil and attending to every body s business but their of who was called a great po because he had secured a seat in by all his he i say conceived this a fit opportunity to strike a blow shou...	48
man that all he had to do was to make the best out of a he determined to give his heroes a having therefore them through the manual exercise over and over again he ordered the to strike up a quick march and his sturdy boots backwards and forwards about the streets of new and the fields adjacent until their short legs a...	48
trade and soon became expert in the art of turning a penny however a tinge of the old is even unto this day in their characters occasionally start up among them in aj and the people at large show a a cleverness and a of wisdom that strongly of and it has been remarked that whenever any stones fall from the moon the gre...	48
the corn field of the field of battle who have surrendered the toils of war fer the more useful but arts of peace and so blended the laurel with the live that you may have a general for a landlord a colonel for a stage driver and your horse shod by a obtain of neither had peter an opportunity rf choosing like modern ...	48
should be publicly new york of his glories in presence of the whole m the old man as resolutely stood on the where r upon the general as became a great man was highly exasperated and the of td and tried by a court martial for desertion and all the other list of es noticed in the articles of war ending with a in an th...	48
fr remained to was the mode of carrying his into effect and here i must do him the justice te say that he a humanity rarely to be met with among leaders and which i have never seen equalled in modem times excepting the english in their glorious at willing to spare the sion of blood and the miseries of open war re he be...	48
the skirts of society like and every garrison and country village has one or more of this kind whose life is a kind of whose existence is without motive who comes from the ix knows where who lives the lord knows how and seems to be made for no other purpose but to keep up the ancient and honourable order of idleness t...	48
oft a flour barrel a summons so and from a man of the go new york s was not to be with the for repaired to the chamber where the ant entered in martial style and took his chair like another among his the seated themselves with the utmost and lighting their long pipes gazed with f fled composure on his and his being as ...	48
skirt the of the rocky heights of which spring up like walls reaching from the waves unto the heavens and were fashioned if tradition may be believed in times long past by the mighty spirit to protect his ite from the eyes of mortals now did they career it gaily across the vast expanse of bay whose wide extended shores...	48
their words but now ate to bear about for ever in their tails i and now i am going to tell a fact which i doubt much my readers will hesitate to believe but if they do they are me not to believe a word in this whole history for nothing which it contains is more it most be known then that the nose of the was of size bo...	48
aspect by reason on in the first of that order of called fly and if tradition did likewise introduce the step in trouble th were commanded bj the and hid a band of f men who a l ave on but i refrain from pursuing this minute which goes on to describe the warriors of and we i hawk and and sundry other places well kn...	48
statue of plaster of paris but the peter the was not thus to be deceived sending privately for the commander of au the armies and having heard all his story with the customary pious oaths and a comrade cried he though l history of your own account you are the most brave i right lad honourable man in the whole provin...	48
rested in the the earth and nature seems to labour with tiie great event this is his sublime manner of setting out thus he a war between two as calls them petty and thus he a little subject by treating it in and noble method in like manner having my readers into very teeth of peril having followed the and his band int...	48
of his by the lips of his messenger the latter was to the with all the civility due to the squire and of so great a commander and being again was courteously dismissed with a of die nose to assist him in his message no sooner did the gallant peter receive this insolent than he let fly a tremendous of red hot tions that...	48
like aiid assuring them that if they conquered they should get plenty of if they fell they should be allowed the satisfaction while dying of r that it was in the service of their country and they were dead of seeing their names inscribed in the of re wn and handed down in company with all the great men of the year for ...	48
their feet i with a vigour that their motion nor doth the himself to receive divers grievous and of leather i but what oh muse was tlie rage oi the gallant peter when firom a he saw his army yield with a voice thunder did he roar after his warriors putting up such a war as did the stem when the troops were on the point...	48
are sitting down here smoking our pipes permit me to indulge in a reflection which at this moment passes across my mind how vain how fleeting how uncertain are all those gaudy after which we are panting and toiling in this world of fair the wealth which the has with so many weary days so many sleepless nights a heir ma...	48
ancient and honourable of the province the members of which do the origin of their dignity not as your noble families in england would do by having a glowing in their but by one history of and all wearing a right goodly stuck in tl middle of their faces was this perilous with the loss of only two men van i s tall spare...	48
their heads above water and to gather in meetings to discuss the of the at these the busy and their made a very considerable figure these worthy were no longer the id well ed tranquil that presided in the peace fill days of van on the being elected by the people they formed in a manner a sturdy between the mob and the...	48
b i of dutch houses with benches on each side ia history of discontent among the vulgar thej accustomed to find easy access to former nm and in particular had cm terms of extreme ity with william tes they therefore were impatient of these dignified whidi ed intrusion but peter had his own of thi g in these matters and ...	48
of a saturday afternoon under the great trees that s h their shade over the battery watching the young men and women as they danced on the green here he would smoke his pipe crack his joke and forget the rugged toils of war in the sweet of peace he would occasionally give a nod of approbation to those of the young men ...	48
were prone to get and make merry with and a le nay so hostile was this bully that he threatened unless his were instantly complied with to march at the head of a force of the roaring boys of merry land together with a great and mighty train of giants who the banks of the and to lay waste and the whole country of south ...	48
p r who all the labour of thinking and acting is some method of bringing the grand to terms in the meanwhile an h an the horizon it ra e york the ears ni and put the of their stout hearted governor completely to the trial but come what i here pledge my that in all warlike and subtle he shall i himself with the gallant...	48
thee safe and sound t now off with my the shower of blows that fell upon i now ng thee from a deadly thrust by now skull with v when even hy stubborn ram to the sword of ae p and now not merely thee off alive but triumphant from the of the gigantic e by the desperate means of a paltry stone this enough but must thou s...	48
die world least fitted for he privately received the first of the dark conspiracy which had been in the cabinet of england to this was added the intelligence that a hostile had already sailed fit m england destined to reduce the province of new and that the grand council of had engaged to co operate by sending a great ...	48
of was not to they br ke out with intolerable violence hither therefore vi repaired and there seemed to be a competition among them who should h e aod exceed the others in bursts patriotism and in resolutions to and defied the government in these sage and all meetings it was that they were this most the dignified the m...	48
lie unnoticed what a would this wise r tion pf have if v ss history of introduced in md it have tended to in tlie t of the i r thus however did dame whom the b antiquity have as n woman to mischievous pleasure in the i of new the old of long d es and short pipes which had been h by the grasp of peter now f top with ...	48
van indeed a gloomy uncertain hung over the te of these adventurous heroes day after day had the alarming message firom the governor bringing any tidings of his safety many a conjecture was as to what had him and his loyal squire had they not been devoured alive by the of and cape were not put to the question by the gr...	48
into soldiers at their having however in despite of numerous perils and difficulties of the kind ar safe without the loss of a sin e man at the hall of assembly they took their seats and awaited in fearful si the arrival of the governor in a few wooden leg of the peter was heard in regular and stout hearted upon the st...	48
the present for cruelty tyranny and blood that it would be recorded in letters of fire on the blood stained of history ages would roll back with sudden horror when they came to view it that the of time by the way your and writers take strange liberties with the of time though some would have us believe that time is an...	48
of their t the tidings of this lamentable catastrophe imparted a pang to the bosom of peter than did even the invasion of his beloved it came home to those sweet affections that grow dose the heart and are nourished by its as some lone pilgrim wandering in trodden while the tempest through his locks and dreary night is...	48

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