A History of New York (Q14920548)

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book by Washington Irving
  • A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
  • Knickerbocker's History of New York
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A History of New York
book by Washington Irving
  • A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
  • Knickerbocker's History of New York

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short name
A History of New York (English)
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title
A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (English)
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subtitle
Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievments of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam;?being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been, or ever will be Published (English)
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author
Washington Irving
subject named as
Diedrich Knickerbocker
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first line
The world in which we dwell is a huge, opake, reflecting, inanimate mass, floating in the vast etherial ocean of infinite space. (English)
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last line
Haply this frail compound of dust, which while alive may have given birth to naught but unprofitable weeds, may form a humble sod of the valley, from whence shall spring many a sweet wild flower, to adorn my beloved island of Manna?hata?! (English)
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Commons category
A History of New York, by Washington Irving
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ISFDB title ID
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