 | Egidius Benedictus Watermeyer - 1877 - 318 pages
...the origin of the inhabitants of this colony and their claims. But it would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn...fortitude in the cau.se of liberty the very power of oar republic has sprung ; and such as are named burghers here, who have been permitted as matter of... | |
 | William Basil Worsfold - 1895 - 326 pages
..."privileged free citizens " of the United Provinces. " It would be a mere waste of words," he says, "to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn...and conquered their freedom from tyranny . . . and such as are named burghers here, who have been permitted as matter of grace to have a residence in... | |
 | Augustus Henry Keane - 1900 - 398 pages
...they deserved to be. The reply to one appeal for redress was, that " it would be mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn between Burghers whose ancestors had nobly fought for and conquered their freedom from tyranny, and from whose fortitude in the cause... | |
 | Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller - 1902 - 800 pages
...the origin of the inhabitants of this colony and their claims. But it would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn...are named burghers here, who have been permitted as a matter of grace to have a residence in a land of which possession has been taken by the Sovereign... | |
 | Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer - 1909 - 598 pages
...parallels may be found in the letters of the owners of New Netherland: It would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn...and conquered their freedom from tyranny . . . and such as are named burghers here, who have been permitted, as matter of grace, to have a residence in... | |
 | Charles Strachan Sanders Higham - 1921 - 292 pages
...the Cape Government poured ridicule on the colonists' requests. " It would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn between burghers whose ancestors nobly fought for freedom, and conquered their freedom from tyranny (ie in Holland) . . . and such as are by Dutch named... | |
 | Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer - 2013 - 569 pages
...parallels may be found in the letters of the owners of New Netherland : It would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn...and conquered their freedom from tyranny . . . and such as are named burghers here, who have been permitted, as matter of grace, to have a residence in... | |
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But it would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn between burghers whose ancestors nobly fought for and conquered their freedom from tyranny, and from whose fortitude in the cause of liberty the very power of our... 