Two friends in Holland and Belgium. By M.A.W.1883 |
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... thousands of people were collected , all well dressed , and happy looking , and it was en- livened by , for Holland , a very good band . The Scheveningen fish women , with husbands , brothers , lovers , or sons , were there in great ...
... thousands of people were collected , all well dressed , and happy looking , and it was en- livened by , for Holland , a very good band . The Scheveningen fish women , with husbands , brothers , lovers , or sons , were there in great ...
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... thousand Walloons and Germans , and now Leyden's fiery ordeal commenced . It was , ere the siege began , one of the most smiling places in the Netherlands . It lay amidst fruitful pastures ; these had been re- claimed by the hand of ...
... thousand Walloons and Germans , and now Leyden's fiery ordeal commenced . It was , ere the siege began , one of the most smiling places in the Netherlands . It lay amidst fruitful pastures ; these had been re- claimed by the hand of ...
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... thousand , was daily in- creased . The only aid within the town , lay in a small corps of Freebooters , and five companies of the Burgher Guard . John van der Does , the Seigneur of Nor- dwyck , accepted the office of Military Com ...
... thousand , was daily in- creased . The only aid within the town , lay in a small corps of Freebooters , and five companies of the Burgher Guard . John van der Does , the Seigneur of Nor- dwyck , accepted the office of Military Com ...
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... thousand perished , yet the people resolutely held out , encouraging one another still to resist the entrance of their common foe , an evil more horrible than pest or famine . Leyden was sublime in its despair . A few murmurs were ...
... thousand perished , yet the people resolutely held out , encouraging one another still to resist the entrance of their common foe , an evil more horrible than pest or famine . Leyden was sublime in its despair . A few murmurs were ...
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... thousand of the enemy perished thus ; the remainder reached the Hague . The last obstacle the fleet had to encounter was the formidable fortress of Lammen , swarming with Spanish soldiers , and bristling with artillery . Boisot ...
... thousand of the enemy perished thus ; the remainder reached the Hague . The last obstacle the fleet had to encounter was the formidable fortress of Lammen , swarming with Spanish soldiers , and bristling with artillery . Boisot ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alkmaar Amsterdam ancient Antwerp arrival Bavon beautiful Berghen Blood Council Boisot Broeck brother brought Bruges Brussels Burgomaster canals cathedral century chapel church of St citizens colour Correspondance de Philippe Count Horn Counts of Flanders dead death Delft Don Alonzo Don Eugenio Duke of Alva Dutch Eboli Eugenio de Peralta execution Eyck fleet Flemish Fray Hernando Gachard gate Ghent Gothic Haarlem Hague hand Holland Hoofd Hoorn Hotel houses Ibid inhabitants King letter Leyden look Margaret of Parma Marquis Meteren murder Museum Netherlands noble Oude Doelen painted painter palace perished persons Philip Philippe II portrait Prince of Orange prisoner railway Rotterdam Sancho d'Avila Scheveningen secret seemed Segovia Seigneur de Montigny siege Simancas soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish streets thousand tigny tion Tournai tower town tram Ursula Utrecht vessels whilst William William the Silent Zaandam Zoeterwoude Zuider Zee
Pasajes populares
Página 52 - A violent equinoctial gale, on the night of the 1st and 2nd of October, came storming from the north-west, shifting after a few hours full eight points, and then blowing still more violently from the south-west. The waters of the North Sea...
Página 190 - September 9, in which the Duke communicated to Philip the capture of Egmont and Horn, he announced to him his determination to establish a new court for the trial of crimes committed during the recent period of troubles. This wonderful tribunal was accordingly created with the least possible delay. It was called the Council of Troubles, but it soon acquired the terrible name by which it will be forever known in history, of the Blood-Council.
Página 51 - Ye call us rateaters and dog-eaters," they cried, " and it is true. So long, then, as ye hear dog bark or cat mew within the walls, ye may know that the city holds out. And when all has perished but ourselves, be sure that we will each devour our left arms, retaining our right to defend our women, our liberty, and our religion, against the foreign tyrant.
Página 139 - Place by a single row of buildings, was lighted up, but not attacked, by the flames. The tall spire cast its gigantic shadow across the last desperate conflict. In the street called the Canal au Sucre, immediately behind the Town-house, there was a fierce struggle, a horrible massacre. A crowd of burghers, grave magistrates, and such of the German soldiers as remained alive, still confronted the ferocious Spaniards.
Página 55 - Strange sights and sounds occurred at different moments to bewilder the anxious sentinels. A long procession of lights issuing from the fort was seen to flit across the black face of the waters in the dead of night, and the whole of the city wall, between the Cowgate and the Tower of Burgundy, fell with a loud crash.
Página 56 - Had the city, indeed, been carried in the night; had the massacre already commenced ; had all this labor and audacity been expended in vain? Suddenly a man was descried, wading breast-high through the water from Lammen towards the fleet, while at the same time, one solitary boy was seen to wave his cap from the summit of the fort. After a moment of doubt, the happy mystery was solved. The Spaniards had fled, panicstruck, during the darkness.
Página 53 - Zealanders, too, sprang from their vessels upon the crumbling dyke and drove their retreating foes into the sea. They hurled their harpoons at them, with an accuracy acquired in many a polar chase; they plunged into the waves in the keen pursuit, attacking them with boat-hook and dagger. The numbers who thus fell beneath these corsairs, who neither gave nor took quarter, were never counted, but probably not less than a thousand perished.
Página 50 - What would ye, my friends? Why do ye murmur that we do not break our vows and surrender the city to the Spaniards? a fate more horrible than the agony which she now endures. I tell you I have made an oath to hold the city, and may God give me strength to keep my oath! I can die but once; whether by your hands, the enemy's, or by the hand of God. My own fate is indifferent to me, not so that of the city entrusted to my care. I know that we shall starve if not soon relieved ; but starvation is preferable...
Página 57 - Zealanders, emaciated burgher guards, sailors, soldiers, women, children, — nearly every living person within the walls, — all repaired without delay to the great church, stout Admiral Boisot leading the way. The starving and heroic city, which had been so firm in its resistance to an earthly king, now bent itself in humble gratitude before the King of kings.
Página 140 - Women, children, old men, were killed in countless numbers, and still, through all this havoc, directly over the heads of the struggling throng, suspended in mid-air above the din and smoke of the conflict, there sounded...