A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany, in the Summer and Autumn of 1806 ...Phillips, 1807 - 301 páginas |
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... does in upon them break , " And drowns a province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think " They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run aground 6 TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND .
... does in upon them break , " And drowns a province , does but spring a leak ; " That always ply the pump , and never think " They can be safe , but at the rate they stink ; " That live as if they had been run aground 6 TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND .
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... Provinces . As the French advanced , the principal English families fled with great precipitation , and were followed by many of the Dutch : their flight was in the most inclement part of a winter remarkably rigorous , and they were ...
... Provinces . As the French advanced , the principal English families fled with great precipitation , and were followed by many of the Dutch : their flight was in the most inclement part of a winter remarkably rigorous , and they were ...
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... province and the presbytery of the town used to assemble in it ; I was informed they still continue to do so ; and at the fairs , booths are erected in it . The only monuments worthy of attention , and those merit but little , are ...
... province and the presbytery of the town used to assemble in it ; I was informed they still continue to do so ; and at the fairs , booths are erected in it . The only monuments worthy of attention , and those merit but little , are ...
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... provinces . I would recommend the traveller to carry with him a sufficient number of guineas for his return to England , as they are scarce and very dear ; for twelve guineas I paid an exchange of 35-4 agio 104 on 145 , or 13l . 4s . 6d ...
... provinces . I would recommend the traveller to carry with him a sufficient number of guineas for his return to England , as they are scarce and very dear ; for twelve guineas I paid an exchange of 35-4 agio 104 on 145 , or 13l . 4s . 6d ...
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... provincial idioms ; for instance , a raw native of Friezeland would not be un- derstood at Amsterdam . Of the Dutch language our immortal lexicographer , Johnson , says , “ Our knowledge of the northern literature is so scanty , that of ...
... provincial idioms ; for instance , a raw native of Friezeland would not be un- derstood at Amsterdam . Of the Dutch language our immortal lexicographer , Johnson , says , “ Our knowledge of the northern literature is so scanty , that of ...
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