2009, ISBN: 1458872807, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 120 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=186gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of t… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 120 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=186gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Which may be skipped over by the gentle Reader, as it contains not a single bloody adventure. Catalina was received with a welcome kindness by Mrs. Aubineau, the lady with whom she had been invited to spend the winter, and who appeared struck with the improvement of her person since she left boarding-school two or three years before. Oil heroine was glad to see Mrs. Aubineau again, having a vivid recollection of her pleasing manners and matronly kindness. The husband of this lady was a son of one of the Huguenots driven by the bigotry or policy of Louis the Fourteenth to this land of liberty?liberty of action, liberty of speech, and liberty of conscience. These emigrants constituted a portion of the best educated, most enlightened, polite, and wealthy of the early inhabitants of New-York. They laid the foundation of families which still exist in good reputation, and from some of them have descended men who are for ever associated with the history of our country. The father of Mr. Aubineau had occupied a dignified situation under the Dutch government while it held possession of New-York; but lost it when the province was assigned to the Duke of York, whose hungry retainers were portioned off in the new world, there not being loaves and fishes enough in the old to satisfy them all. Both father and son cherishedsome little resentment on this occasion; and when a legislative body was established, one or other being generally a member, they never failed to be found voting and acting with the popular side, in opposition to the governor. They joined the old Dutch party in all their measures, which were generally favourable to the rights of the colony, and attained to great consideration and respect among them. Notwithstanding his politics, Mr. Aubineau the younger...<

2009, ISBN: 1458872807, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 120 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=186gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of t… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 120 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=186gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Which may be skipped over by the gentle Reader, as it contains not a single bloody adventure. Catalina was received with a welcome kindness by Mrs. Aubineau, the lady with whom she had been invited to spend the winter, and who appeared struck with the improvement of her person since she left boarding-school two or three years before. Oil heroine was glad to see Mrs. Aubineau again, having a vivid recollection of her pleasing manners and matronly kindness. The husband of this lady was a son of one of the Huguenots driven by the bigotry or policy of Louis the Fourteenth to this land of liberty?liberty of action, liberty of speech, and liberty of conscience. These emigrants constituted a portion of the best educated, most enlightened, polite, and wealthy of the early inhabitants of New-York. They laid the foundation of families which still exist in good reputation, and from some of them have descended men who are for ever associated with the history of our country. The father of Mr. Aubineau had occupied a dignified situation under the Dutch government while it held possession of New-York; but lost it when the province was assigned to the Duke of York, whose hungry retainers were portioned off in the new world, there not being loaves and fishes enough in the old to satisfy them all. Both father and son cherishedsome little resentment on this occasion; and when a legislative body was established, one or other being generally a member, they never failed to be found voting and acting with the popular side, in opposition to the governor. They joined the old Dutch party in all their measures, which were generally favourable to the rights of the colony, and attained to great consideration and respect among them. Notwithstanding his politics, Mr. Aubineau the younger...<

ISBN: 9781458872807

James Kirke Paulding, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Dutchmans-Fireside~~James-Kirke-Paulding General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illust… More...

James Kirke Paulding, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Dutchmans-Fireside~~James-Kirke-Paulding General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: J. & J. Harper in 1831 in 184 pages; Subjects: United States; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War & Military; History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Non-Classifiable;<