 | 1849 - 516 strani
...replied, " It may during my adminis- st.iy tration be contemplated to appeal, but if any one should do it, I will make him a foot shorter, and send the pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." Oh cruel <ieaui n, •words! what more could even a sovereign do? And iTomhul yet this is all -firmly... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1854 - 884 strani
...defended Kieft's conduct in rejecting the interference of the Twelve, and plainly said to the people, " If any one during my administration shall appeal,...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." With such despotic sentiments he commenced his iron rule. The morale of the people, the sale of liquors... | |
 | Adriaen van der Donck - 1854 - 218 strani
...administration, be contemplated to appeal, but if any one should do it, I will make Mm a foot shorten-, and send the pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." Oh cruel words ! what more could even a sovereign do ? And yet this is all firmly established ; for... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 strani
...whether there be reason or not. " If any one shall appeal during my administration," he exclaimed, " I will make him a foot shorter, and send the pieces to Holland." Under the vain, but energetic Stuyvesant, the Church became a state institution. The people, however,... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1872 - 910 strani
...favor of popular government. His will was to be the law of the province. " If any one," said he, " during my administration shall appeal, I will make...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." He went to work with vigor to reform matters in the colony, extending his efforts to- even the morals... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1873 - 388 strani
...hanged at once, on the highest tree in New Netherland.'1 Again he said, with characteristic energy, " If any one, during my administration, shall appeal,...pieces to Holland and let him appeal in that way.''* Melyn and Kuyter being sent to Holland as criminals, did appeal to the home government ; their harsh... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1874 - 974 strani
...favor of popular government. His will was to be the law of the province. " If any one," said he, " during my administration shall appeal, I will make...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." He went to work with vigor to reform matters in the colony, extending his efforts to even the morals... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1888 - 664 strani
...conduct in rejecting the interference of " The Twelve" in public affairs, and plainly told the people : " If any one during my administration shall appeal I...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." With such despotic sentiments he began his iron rule. Stuyvesant was despotic, and yet honesty and... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1893 - 452 strani
...to Van Hardenberg, as the two were leaving the parsonage house after a meeting of the consistory : " If any one during my administration shall appeal,...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." His whole conduct of this affair was in accordance with a remark attributed to him in the " Representation... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1893 - 1000 strani
...favor of popular government. His will was to be the law of the province. " If any one," said he, " during my administration shall appeal, I will make...pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way." He went to work with vigor to reform matters in the colony, extending his efforts to even the morals... | |
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during my administration shall appeal, I will make him a foot shorter, and send the pieces to Holland, and let him appeal in that way. 
