Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
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B. Vi. Ch. 7.
CHAPTER IX.
When treating of these tempestuous times, the unknown writer of theStuyvesant manuscript breaks out into an apostrophe in praise of the goodSt. Nicholas, to whose protecting care he ascribes the dissensions whichbroke out in the council of the league, and the direful witchcraft whichfilled all Yankee land as with Egyptian darkness.
A portentous gloom, says he, hung lowering over the fair valleys of theeast; the pleasant banks of the Connecticut no longer echoed to the ...soundsof rustic gayety; grisly phantoms glided about each wild brook and silentglen; fearful apparitions were seen in the air; strange voices were heardin solitary places, and the border towns were so occupied in detecting andpunishing losel witches, that for a time all talk of war was suspended, and New Amsterdam and its inhabitants seemed to be totally forgotten.
I must not conceal the fact, that at one time there was some danger ofthis plague of witchcraft extending into the New Netherlands; and certainwitches, mounted on broomsticks, are said to have been seen whisking inthe air over some of the Dutch villages near the borders; but the worthyNederlanders took the precaution to nail horse-shoes to their doors, whichit is well known are effectual barriers against all diabolical vermin ofthe kind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
B. Vi. Ch. 7.
CHAPTER IX.
When treating of these tempestuous times, the unknown writer of theStuyvesant manuscript breaks out into an apostrophe in praise of the goodSt. Nicholas, to whose protecting care he ascribes the dissensions whichbroke out in the council of the league, and the direful witchcraft whichfilled all Yankee land as with Egyptian darkness.
A portentous gloom, says he, hung lowering over the fair valleys of theeast; the pleasant banks of the Connecticut no longer echoed to the ...soundsof rustic gayety; grisly phantoms glided about each wild brook and silentglen; fearful apparitions were seen in the air; strange voices were heardin solitary places, and the border towns were so occupied in detecting andpunishing losel witches, that for a time all talk of war was suspended, and New Amsterdam and its inhabitants seemed to be totally forgotten.
I must not conceal the fact, that at one time there was some danger ofthis plague of witchcraft extending into the New Netherlands; and certainwitches, mounted on broomsticks, are said to have been seen whisking inthe air over some of the Dutch villages near the borders; but the worthyNederlanders took the precaution to nail horse-shoes to their doors, whichit is well known are effectual barriers against all diabolical vermin ofthe kind.
What to read after Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 to read onlineMoreLess
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