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good an between two nations as when there is a little misunderstanding and long as they are on no terms they are on the best in the world i do not by any means pretend to claim the merit of made the above political discovery it has in been acted upon by certain enlightened arts and is together with divers other notable...	48
are perpetually on the alarm for the virtue ei the y manly measure is a of the n e very or other masculine them is laying for their bad they are ever infernal plots by which they tn be and brought upon the if any wanting of the truth of opinions instance the conduct of a certain republic of our day wh good dame has alr...	48
the sage british cabinet one of its ill secret tions yet did the ever watchful peter receive a full or accurate information of y movement as tl of france of all the notable i liave me he accordingly set himself to work to render of bis bitter i know that wilt censure the old governor in that he hurried of without they...	48
be built a strong fence that reached across the island from river to river being intended to protect the city not merely from the sudden of enemies but likewise fi om the of the neighbouring savages la an antique view of new taken some years after the above period l u of wall which n w york s some traditions it is t...	48
t yet did the dark crime w continue to increase to an degree that would almost belief were not col t new record w history of the fact too well to be even doubled for an instant what is worthy of admiration is that this terrible art which so long has baffled the painful and studies of philosophers and other was chiefly...	48
whose protecting care he entirely the strange that broke out in the council of the and the that prevailed in the east j whereby the hostile against the were for a time and his favourite of new preserved fi om imminent peril and deadly warfare darkness and superstition over the fair valleys of the east the pleasant ban...	48
of war for the useful but arts of peace and so blended the laurel with the olive that you may have a general for a a colonel for a stage driver and your horse shod by a captain of neither had an opportunity of choosing like modern rulers from a loyal of of newspapers no being made in the histories of tlie times of an...	48
trials and and the whole country was in a about this unfortunate as it is well known that the commander of a distant frontier post has the power of acting pretty much after his own will there is little doubt but that the would have been hanged or shot at least bad he not luckily ill of a fever through mere and and most...	48
they fell under the h displeasure of chivalry and all true loyal and knights were instructed to attack and outright s they might happen to find six feet hit which is doubtless one reason that the race of n is nearly extinct and the generations of latter ages exceeding small no sooner did governor enter upon his off tha...	48
the eighteen of all that they could recollect or imagine of including sundry strange and the like of which were never seen before or excepting among certain of our newly raised the two great s and their respective troops came at length to a dead halt completely exhausted by the of war never did two train band captains...	48
openly and in tbe oe of the world she takes but transient notice of j bit whenever a is done in a corner and attempted to be in mystery then her u at her wit s end to find it out and takes a most and lady like pleasure in it to the world it is this truly feminine that her continually to be into ts of princes listening ...	48
the chapter history of in these lie arrayed hi iu the of a appalling silence knitting hb drawing his through his tee hastily equipped he strode down into the park down his sword from over the was usually suspended but before he he drew it from its and as his i the rusty blade a grim smile stole ow it was the first smil...	48
sail of commerce yet broken in tbe l and awful solitude df here and be a rude among tbe c the witb its of smoke f in transparent atmosphere j bnt so situated that tbe of the savage children on the of the y heights as faintly on tbe ear as do the no es of tht when lost in the vault now ana en fi om the of precipice ihe ...	48
to believe j but if are w not to believe a in this nothing which it contains is more true known then that the nose of the a x size boldly from his c like a mountain of being with and other precious stones the f of a l ii g of good fellows which jolly all who t heartily at the now t york s it bright and early in the tb...	48
of the these were short fat wearing exceeding large trunk bi and are for of the they e the first i or aud milk close in the rear the van of kill most horrible i new and in their them came the van of mounted upon goodly i the breed these were mighty of and rats whence came the word tl van nests of robbers of birds as t...	48
that like those hardy we should join hands bury all and swear to stand by one in or woe to the end pf the enterprise my readers must perceive how completely have altered my tone and since we first set out together warrant they thai thought me a cynical impertinent little ton of a for i scarcely ever gave them a civil n...	48
not their security to devise new but faithfully those which were already rather bending their attention to prevent evil than to punish it ever that civil should consider themselves more as of public than rat employed to public be them one and all high and low rich and poor to conduct themselves ai well as they them tha...	48
established on a small river or as it is more termed creek of p and here that governor grimly drawn up a gray bearded spider in th oi his w l ip t l we into the scenes that must i of two such powerful it we pause for a moment and a kind of battle not be rushed into f fit le y by the historian af readers any more g i an...	48
lips the latter was to the i civility due to the of so great a commander and being was courteously dismissed with a bt him in his message no sooner did the gallant peter reply than he let fly a tremendous ns that would have and blown up the powder ears of the fiery had not strong and the magazine that the works this te...	48
their sides which the present day not a but v the dust beneath that dreadful fire had n kindly taken care that the and all observe their usual custom of sh and turning away their heads at the mon the followed up their fire and falling and nail furious and now might be of which neither nor recorded a parallel here was ...	48
so h bu sword that bad be uke half a hundred bat that the short and shaved a fur ever his that very a of a hi wi would have sent the ghost to haunt the shone had l ra l who had stopped to tl w great peril of her d old with his who ill of just as the s h a blast as blew all the t ie u th the in the i the to of a little...	48
to make the most i could of my battle by means of and and and such like wounds and here i cannot but compare mj in some sort to that of the divide milton who having arrayed with sublime preparation his immortal hosts against each other is sadly put to it how to manage and how he shall make the end of his battle to the ...	48
he over ills enemies e make defeat more by that mirror of virtue the renowned he was more anxious to do great of them after they were done he put no ordered no houses to be burnt down permitted no he on the property of the ve one of his officers a severe his walking staff for having been detected in a hen issued a inv...	48
strange and inscrutable to be destiny of most countries and more especially of your always to be governed by the most man in the nation so that yon will scarcely an individual throughout the whole but will detect to you errors in d and convince you in the end that had he been at the id of a matters would have gone on a...	48
with to march at the head of ft potent force of the roaring boys of merry land with a great and mighty train of giants who the banks of the and to lay waste md the whole country of south by it b manifest that this boasted colony like all of territory soon became a gi to the conqueror than the loss of it was to the conq...	48
on the soon shall it rattle about the ears of these and put the of their stout hearted governor completely to the trial but come what may i here pledge my that ia all warlike and subtle he still himself with the gallant bearings honour of a noble minded obstinate old forward then to the charge shine out stars on renow...	48
tbe nature tbey it t aud rural y with wild flower by many a goodly hung upon their rear for several them with and more especially the worthy peter whose silver chased leg not a mai at another place hard by the own of they were set upon by a great and of church who of them five shillings for travelling on and threatene...	48
a clear saving of ten bat when they came to discuss the mode of defence m began a war of words that all le members being as i observed in opposite were enabled to proceed with amazing system and in the discussion of the questions before them was proposed by a long pipe was opposed by i whole tribe of short pipes who li...	48
their escape from of the terrible but though the with its customary ny touching the great peter is concerned is very as to the incidents of this yet the particular state of the public a will not to indulge in a full recital let suffice to say that while peter was in his mind how be could make good bis escape with and d...	48
the watch and bad heard of the arrival of mysterious marching in a resolute body into the room with a of and at their heels demanded a perusal of the letter thus to be broken in upon by what be esteemed a rascal and that too at the very moment be was grinding under an irritation from a ii i history of was too much for ...	48
for his consent ordered them to hand him up the paper it wa hoisted to him on the end of a pole his name at the bottom of it be them all for a set of threw the at their k wn the window and was heard with the most indignation the took to their heels even the not slow in the premises fearing lest peter issue from his de...	48
no no by no outward perplexed by no internal and the mighty of the earth who were vainly seeking to maintain peace and promote the welfare of mankind by war and desolation would have done well to have made a voyage to the little island of and learned a lesson in government firom the domestic economy of peter in proc...	48
to an act entitled an act to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the of maps and books to the authors and of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the ts thereof to the arts of and historical and other prints james f the district of new contents or volume n book v...	48
van dismayed for my name it is van for my i am the son of my mother for my profession i am champion and garrison of this great city of new i doubt me much said peter that thou art some how thou acquire this honour and dignity marry sir replied the other like many a great man before me simply by sounding my own tr...	48
wherein will show that peter has already committed a great error in politics and by a peace has materially the tranquillity of the province speculations war chapter iii containing divers speculations on war and showing that a treaty of peace is a great national evil it was the opinion of that poetical philosopher that...	48
consult character to establish and interest to promote you may as well look for and between two lovers with one mistress two dogs with one bone or two naked with one pair of breeches this therefore is continually breeding and in consequence of which the to a close nothing is lost by these and obstacles but time and in ...	48
plots and against her virtue and has so often come near being made no better than she should be would notice her constant of poor old england who by her own account has been incessantly trying to sap her honour though from my soul i never could believe the honest old gentleman meant her m foul against p whereas on ihe ...	48
they pleased their champion captain that mighty man of to meet him in single combat where he would trust the of his innocence to the of his arm this challenge being delivered with due van sounded a trumpet of defiance before the whole council ending with a most and full in the face of captain who almost jumped out of h...	48
a political thrust down their throats with a pious text from scripture j peter s wise chapter v how the became great in arms and of the catastrophe of a mighty army together with peter s to the city and how he the original founder of the battery but notwithstanding that the grand council as i have shown were discree...	48
iii the awful dissolution of the regiment there fell a great and heavy rain which descended in torrents upon the camp and the mighty army strangely melted away before it so that when came to shed his morning beams upon the place saving peter and his van scarce one was to be found of all the multitude that had there the...	48
the combined powers of the league mi ht have been too potent in the end for the warriors of the yet in the would the lion hearted peter and his m have choked the heroes of with their own and have given the other little border towns such a that warrant they would have had no stomach to on the land or the hen of a new f...	48
there was hot an ugly old woman to be found throughout new england which is doubtless one reason why all the young women there are so handsome those honest folk who had suffered from their gradually recovered excepting such as had been afflicted with and which however assumed the less alarming aspect of and and the g...	48
the skin of old became instantly an affair utmost importance tbe commander in chief was too enlightened an officer not to perceive that the discipline of the garrison the and good order of the of tbe the consequent safety of tbe whole province and ultimately the dignity and prosperity of their high the lords states gen...	48
arrayed those who lacked and and every man being ordered to in bis shirt tail and pull up his general van first took a sturdy draught of foaming ale which like the more of was his invariable practice on q fl soon as he rose to make him and mighty he drank bj the tale six pots of ale and a of vi of the two heroes oc...	48
was as long as a or a plea in no sooner did things come to this pass than the and his who ha kept themselves sober rose on their tied them neck and heels and formal possession of the fort and all its in the name of queen of at the same time an oath of to all the dutch soldiers who could be made sober enough to swallow ...	48
would ever have that he would have been the of the treachery of when the was going on which proved so fatal to the brave van and his watchful garrison about from room to room being a kind of privileged or useless hound whom nobody noticed but though a fellow of few words yet like your people his eyes and ears were alwa...	48
y are generally of that illustrious f of gentlemen who are equal for the or the peter the the or the post for whom dame fortune has cast an even die whether they shall make their e it bj the sword or the and whose deaths shall at all events be a lofty example to their countrymen but notwithstanding all this martial...	48
mountains but when the hour of twilight its magic mists around then did the face of nature assume a thousand fugitive charms which to the worthy heart that seeks enjoyment in the glorious works of its maker are the mellow light that prevailed just served to tinge with colours the softened features of the scenery the de...	48
plenty of which we christians do not make use of but indians eat in the care of st with marvellous nor a river so with beauties worthy of being recorded even now i have it on the point of my pen to relate how his crew were most horribly frightened on going on shore above the by a gang of merry devils and on a huge flat...	48
these were mighty hunters of and rats whence came the word then the van nests of robbers of birds nests as their to these if report may be believed are we indebted for the invention of slap or cakes then the van of s creek these came armed with and rods being a race of who first discovered the marvellous sympathy bet...	48
better world where there shall be neither error nor in the mean time let me never see face again for i have a horrible to the countenances of unfortunate great men like yourself the author s ml chapter v in which the author very of himself after is to he found much history about peter the and his followers as my reade...	48
wishes nor was the departure of the gallant peter least causes of public distress though the old governor was by no means to the follies and of bis ts yet some w or other he had become among the people there is something popularity of peter so in personal bravery that with the common mass of mankind it takes the lead o...	48
would one great advantage which as the historian i possess over my reader and this it is that though cannot save the life of my favourite hero nor absolutely contradict the event of a battle both which liberties though often taken by the french writers of the present reign hold to be utterly unworthy of a scrupulous hi...	48
the been remarkably strong and the magazine proof perceiving that the works this terrific blast and that it was utterly impossible as it really was in those days to carry on a war with words he ordered his merry men all to prepare for an immediate assault but here a strange murmur broke out among his troops beginning w...	48
conquered they should get plenty of if they fell they should be allowed the satisfaction while r peter s address before the battle of reflecting that it was in the service of their country and after they were dead of seeing their names inscribed in the temple of renown and handed down in company with all the other g...	48
into a neighbouring tavern to refresh themselves with a pot of beer a destruction of tobacco pipes ful catastrophe had well nigh chanced to the scarcely had the of the attained the front of battle before the instructed by the cunning a shower of blows full at their tobacco pipes astounded at this unexpected assault and...	48
or some kindly c w had prepared for his reception the furious in despite of that noble cherished by all true knights that fair play is a jewel hastened to take advantage of retort on the heroes full but just as he was stooping to give the fatal blow the ever peter bestowed him a sturdy over the with his wooden leg that...	48
in t e act of a hen he moreover issued a inviting the inhabitants to submit to the authority of their high but declaring with that whoever refused should be lodged at the public expense in a goodly castle provided for the purpose and have an armed to wait on them in the bargain in consequence of these beneficent terms ...	48
taken a d p draught of the cup of power during the reign of william the and though upon the accession of peter they with a certain instinctive perception which ig well as cattle possess that the of government had passed into stronger hands yet could they not help and and upon the bit in silence it seems by some strange...	48
the tremendous voice id which it was uttered caused the whole multitude to with fear the hair of the orator arose on his head like his own swine s and not a knight of the present but his heart died within him and he felt as though he could have verily escaped through the eye of a needle but thou h this measure produced...	48
importance he who can safely talk of his grandfather is still more vain glorious but he who was counted the richest in new york and was said to have whole of indian money or and had a son and daughter who the dutch custom should divide it equally custom of eggs look back to his great grandfather without b is absolutel...	48
in the eyes of the rest of the that it had little wealth or other spoils to reward the of it and that it had nothing to expect from running into war save an exceeding good beating on pondering s say one would utterly despair of finding in its history either battles or or any other of those which give importance to a n...	48
a little one nothing farther however to the tranquillity of and bis colony and his remained at home upon cakes bacon and and running horses and for which they were greatly renowned at hearing of this peter was well pleased for notwithstanding his inclination to measure weapons with these monstrous men of the yet he ha...	48
clear countenance of nature as they it through the pastoral scenes of f which in those days was a sweet and rural valley with many a bright wild flower refreshed by many a pure and here and there by a little dutch cottage sheltered under some sloping hill and almost buried in trees now did they enter upon the of where ...	48
the hearts of the people at large were wonderfully encouraged and they exceeding and indeed the first of alarm having in some measure sub sided the old women having buried all the money they could their hands a patriotic on and their husbands daily getting with what was led the community began even to stand on the son...	48
original cause of difference still existed but it ha ever been the fate of party names and party to remain long after the principles that gave rise to them have been forgotten to complete the public confusion and bewilderment the fatal word economy which one would have thought was dead and buried with william the was ...	48
uncertainty hung over the fate of these adventurous heroes day after day had elapsed since the alarming message from the governor without bringing any farther tidings of his safety many a fearful conjecture was as to what had befallen him and his loyal squire had they not been devoured alive by the of and cape were th...	48
leave behind some two or three dozen children in different parts of the fine little from whom if legends speak true and they are not apt to lie did descend the innumerable race of who vol ii grief or people and defend this country and who are paid by the people for keeping up a constant alarm and making them miserable...	48
to the province of flew and trusting in the of his cause set the whole british nation at defiance my anxiety to my readers and myself from these disastrous scenes prevents me from giving the whole of this gallant letter which concluded in manly and terms as touching the threats in your conclusion we have nothing to ans...	48
of government and tasted the sweets of absolute aod authority which his sob had so often dashed with the bitterness of opposition no could ever him to the city on the contrary he would have his great arm chair placed with its back to the windows which looked in that direction until a thick grove of trees planted by bi...	48
driving the out of his after a dutch mode of defence by the seat of war with and while he thus lay lingering on the verge of dissolution news was brought him that the brave de had but little lots bad made good his retreat and meant once more to meet the enemy in battle the closing eye of the old warrior kindled at th...	48
an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps and books to the authors and of such copies during th time therein mentioned and also to an act entitled an act to an act l an act for the encouragement of by securing the of maps and books to the authors and of such copies during the times therein...	48
present called st de d and passed a night overwhelmed as usual with the simple of the natives on inquiring of the people of this coast after gold they uniformly pointed to the south and as far as they could be understood intimated that a great island lay in that direction where it the admiral in the course of his first...	48
course the day died away at sunset in the west heavy clouds gathered with the approach of evening sending forth sheets of lightning and of thunder and menacing a furious tempest s the moon rose the whole mass broke part melting in a shower of rain and part dispersed by a breeze which sprang up from the land there was m...	48
richly wooded province of gradually sweeping up into a range of interior mountains the coast watered by innumerable streams and studded with indian villages the appearance of the ships spread wonder and joy along the the natives hailed with the arrival on their shores of these wonderful beings whose fame had more or le...	48
channel where it was necessary to lower all sail and tow the vessels out lest they should run notwithstanding all which precautions they frequently touched upon sand banks and were with great difficulty the of the weather added to the ass ments of the though after a little while it began to assume some method in its ve...	48
banks counter currents and sunken rocks the ships were obliged in a manner to their way with men stationed at the mast head and the lead continually going sometimes they were obliged to shift their course within the hour to all points of the compass sometimes they were in a narrow channel where it was necessary to lowe...	48
every thing they possessed to the admiral s inquiries concerning the geography of these parts they said that the sea was full of islands to the south and to the west but as to it continued running to the westward without any termination having himself from this stood for a part of the island of about fourteen distant w...	48
of his wife two daughters mo sons and five brothers one of the daughters was eighteen years of age beautiful in form and countenance her sister was somewhat younger both were naked according to the of these islands but were of modest in die of the stood the standard bearer of the clad in a kind of mantle of feathers wi...	48
sleeping on the sands they also knocked down many and other birds with sticks and took others with the hand for in this island the animals seemed to have none of that and timidity produced by tlie hostility of man being rejoined by the two he continued along the coast passing the beautiful country watered by the of the...	48
voyage without any tidings arriving from him h d given rise to the most serious apprehensions for his safety and it began to be feared that he had fallen a victim to his spirit in some remote of these unknown a joyful and surprise awaited the admiral on bis arrival in finding at his bed side his brother the companion o...	48
for the of the and the latter departed for spain in search of his brother on reaching paris he first received the joyful intelligence that the discovery was id ready made that his brother had returned to spain in triumph and was actually at the spanish court honoured by the sovereigns by the nobility and d by the peopl...	48
tall muscular vigorous and commanding he had an sur of great authority but somewhat stern wanting that sweetness and which tempered the of the admiral indeed there was a certain in his temper and a and in his manners which made him many enemies yet notwithstanding these external defects he was of a generous disposition...	48
the weapons and horses of the and the idea of their nature chiefly to the measures he had taken to the good will of the indians by gentle and beneficent treatment set forth on his expedition the greater part of the forces leaving de in command of the fortress of st thomas instead however of by exploring the rough mount...	48
to what little restraint and discipline remained there is no so as left to their own discretion in a country they now about in bands or according to their caprice scattering themselves among the indian villages and indulging in all kinds of excess e either as prompted by or the at having their hospitality thus refused ...	48
is a pity said he that here is not enough to us all a meal i cannot consent to fe ist while the rest of you are starving so say ing he turned loose the from a window of the tower daring the siege displayed the greatest activity of spirit and of resources he baffled all the arts of the of various kinds to relieve the ga...	48
his care was to send a body of armed men to the relief of fort with destruction by the of the grand river who had the in his town having relieved the fortress the troops the territory of killing many of his warriors and carrying others off captive the himself made his escape he was l c vol ii t life and voyages of to t...	48
to a therefore which has an air of fable and romance but which is recorded by all the contemporary with trivial variations and which us was in current circulation in the island when he arrived there about six years after the event it too with the adventurous and extravagant character of the man and with the wild and ex...	48
renown of by so foul a stain and the glory of his de by such of human right the customs of the times however must be pleaded in his apology the precedent had been given long before by both and in their african discoveries wherein the traffic in slaves had formed one of the greatest sources of profit in fact the practic...	48
whence he had first looked down upon the with what different feelings did he now contemplate it the vile passions of the white men had already converted this smiling beautiful and once peaceful and hospitable region into a land of wrath and hostility wherever the smoke of an indian town rose from among the trees and lo...	48
submission his ter lay remote from at the western extremity of the island around the deep bay called the of and the long called cape they were difficult of access and had not as yet been visited by the white he retired into the bosom of his do taking with him his sister the famous wife of whom he cherished with affecti...	48
into their island clothed in apparel with swords capable of a man asunder at a blow under whose yoke their posterity should be subdued or they sang with vol ii h life and voyages of mournful tunes and voices the loss of their liberty and their painful they had flattered themselves for a time that the visit of the st...	48
continent and that he had penetrated to the borders of the countries of the east specimens were likewise brought of the gold and the various animal and vegetable which he had procured in the course of this voyage no arrival could have been more it at once removed all doubts respecting his safety and the necessity of pa...	48
as though the reins of government had been transferred into his hands he interfered in public affairs ordered various persons to be arrested called to account the officers employed by the and paid no respect to don who remained in command during the absence of his brother the astonished at this presumption demanded a s...	48
the excellence of the river and the security of the harbour at its entrance he flattered himself that the communication of such valuable intelligence would make peace at and obtain his pardon from the full of these hopes he procured guides from among the natives and taking a temporary leave of his indian bride set out ...	48
by a display of the wonders of and the grandeur and might of its sovereigns and by a course of kind treatment to conquer their enmity to the and convert them into important instruments towards obtaining a secure and dominion over the island however had one of those proud natures of wild bat vigorous growth which are ne...	48
th of may a month of great fatigue and toil they had yet a great part of their voyage to make the provisions were already so reduced that had to put every one on a daily allowance of six of bread and a and half of water as they advanced the grew more and more severe and was rendered more appalling from the uncertainty ...	48
forth by the diseases of the colony and the hardships of the voyage who carried in their yellow countenances says an old writer a mockery of that gold wh ch had been the object of their search and who had nothing to relate of the new world but tales of sickness poverty and disappointment endeavoured as much as possible...	48
splendid continent for this p he asked eight ships two to be to the island of with supplies the remaining six to be put under his command for an exploring voyage the sovereigns readily to his request and were probably sin b equivalent to dollars of the ti t con de cap and voyages of in their to do so but in the perform...	48
of his spirits we are told that when he made his appearance this time in spain he was clad in an h garb resembling in form and colour the habit of a l an simply with a cord and that he had offered his beard to grow like the brethren of that this was probably in fulfilment of some vow which he had made in a moment of da...	48

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