Major Writers of America, Volume 1Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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Page 44
... Dutch plantation sent unto them from the Governor there written both in Dutch and French . The Dutch had traded in these southern parts divers years before they came , but they be- gan no plantation here till four or five years after ...
... Dutch plantation sent unto them from the Governor there written both in Dutch and French . The Dutch had traded in these southern parts divers years before they came , but they be- gan no plantation here till four or five years after ...
Page 209
... Dutch squatting - place on their territories . I forbear to dwell upon the confusion of the worthy Dutch commissioners at finding their main pillar of proof thus knocked from under them ; neither will I pretend to describe the ...
... Dutch squatting - place on their territories . I forbear to dwell upon the confusion of the worthy Dutch commissioners at finding their main pillar of proof thus knocked from under them ; neither will I pretend to describe the ...
Page 219
... Dutch poet - " Brimful of wrath and cabbage ! " For an instant the mighty Peter paused in the midst of his career , and mounting on a rotten stump addressed his troops in eloquent low dutch , exhorting them to fight like duyvels , and ...
... Dutch poet - " Brimful of wrath and cabbage ! " For an instant the mighty Peter paused in the midst of his career , and mounting on a rotten stump addressed his troops in eloquent low dutch , exhorting them to fight like duyvels , and ...
Contents
WILLIAM BRADFORD | 3 |
My Father and Your Father To | 4 |
Introduction | 10 |
Copyright | |
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