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Page 1 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Page 90 - ... the heathen for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession.
Page 42 - Yes, we are all there, — from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes to the Gulf...
Page 180 - I think it was, that this faculty became positively distressing to me : at night, when I lay awake in bed, vast processions passed along in mournful pomp; friezes of never-ending stories, that to my feelings were as sad and solemn as if they were stories drawn from times before (Edipus or Priam — before Tyre — before Memphis.
Page 68 - ... Malaccans, unless she may have been, though that will not alter the case, a modern Shanghai. If there are preserves and fruits on his board, let him remember with thankfulness that Persia first gave him the cherry, the peach, the plum. If in any of those delicate preparations...
Page 298 - For I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns.
Page 282 - He cast up the farrier's bills. He walked ten miles with a message or a parcel. He was permitted to dine with the family; but he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare. He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots: but, as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded.
Page 282 - He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and the cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast...
Page 68 - Europe has produced no invention which can rival the game of chess. We have no hydraulic constructions as great as the Chinese canal, no fortifications as extensive as the Chinese wall ; we have no Artesian wells that can at all approach in depth to some of theirs ; we have not yet resorted to the practice...