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... give a poor com- pliment to his own character , education and feelings . We are always standing between the future and the past ; and the love for our ancestors , for the country of their activities , for the places where they are ...
... give a poor com- pliment to his own character , education and feelings . We are always standing between the future and the past ; and the love for our ancestors , for the country of their activities , for the places where they are ...
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Tiemen De Vries. our new world , may possibly give a hint to those who apparently were not able to find the right equilibrium in their love as divided between the country of their ancestors and that of their offspring in the future ...
Tiemen De Vries. our new world , may possibly give a hint to those who apparently were not able to find the right equilibrium in their love as divided between the country of their ancestors and that of their offspring in the future ...
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... give " a lecture with lantern slides , " or to write a " nice book " on " picturesque Holland . " Such has been for the last half century the method of English landlords and of London parvenus ; why should not Americans follow in their ...
... give " a lecture with lantern slides , " or to write a " nice book " on " picturesque Holland . " Such has been for the last half century the method of English landlords and of London parvenus ; why should not Americans follow in their ...
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... give an outline of this influence of Holland on English literature and language is the endeavor made in the following ... gives at least an idea of the point in view . The endeavor is to contribute to the knowledge and history of English ...
... give an outline of this influence of Holland on English literature and language is the endeavor made in the following ... gives at least an idea of the point in view . The endeavor is to contribute to the knowledge and history of English ...
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... give them here as I found them in my note - book : 1. Because the glorious history of the Dutch Republic is a part of the World's history . From the year 1500 till the year 1700 the headquarters of the World's history are to be found in ...
... give them here as I found them in my note - book : 1. Because the glorious history of the Dutch Republic is a part of the World's history . From the year 1500 till the year 1700 the headquarters of the World's history are to be found in ...
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Page 353 - A new creation rescued from his reign. Thus while around the wave-subjected soil Impels the native to repeated toil, Industrious habits in each bosom reign, And industry begets a love of gain. Hence all the good from opulence that springs, With all those ills superfluous treasure brings, Are here displayed.
Page 353 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land ; And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore, While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him...
Page 385 - Then most musical and solemn, bringing back the olden times, With their strange, unearthly changes, rang the melancholy chimes. Like the psalms from some old cloister, when the nuns sing in the choir; And the great bell tolled among them, like the chanting of a friar.
Page 100 - And under reefed foresail we'll scud: Avast! nor don't think me a milksop so soft, To be taken for trifles aback; For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Page 324 - These are the heroes that despise the Dutch, And rail at new-come foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived...
Page 351 - Their ordinary manner of travelling is very cheap and very convenient: they sail in covered boats drawn by horses; and in these you are sure to meet people of all nations. Here the Dutch slumber, the French chatter, and the English play at cards. Any man who likes company may have them to his taste. For my part I generally detached myself from all society, and was wholly taken up in observing the face of the country.
Page 315 - Such mighty armies in the field, And Holland from prevailing foes Could so well free, himself does yield. Not Belgia's fleet (his high command) Which triumphs where the sun does rise, Nor all the force he leads by land, Could guard him from her conquering eyes.
Page 161 - Here beginneth a treatise how the high father of Heaven sendeth death to summon every creature to come and give account of their lives in this world and is in manner of a moral play.
Page 79 - A third of the merchants and manufacturers of the ruined city are said to have found a refuge on the banks of the Thames. The export trade to Flanders died away as London developed into the general mart of Europe, where the gold and sugar of the New World were found side by side with the cotton of India, the silks of the East, and the woollen stuffs of England itself.
Page 308 - Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played, As if on purpose it on land had come To show them what's their mare liberum.