...good for this complaint ; so you would seldom see a Dutchman without a cigar or glass pipe — even at a funeral all the mourners have their cigars in...just the shape of the blinkers which horses have. Food. — The Dutch eat meat and fruit cooked together, with a quantity of oil ; and very often meat...

...Annabella. I shall have to write up in the nursery the verse that used to come in the boxes of toys — ' The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of Boston take pleasure in breaking.' Only I shall put Plumfield instead of Boston." " We never will again,...

...earth, or downward from the sky. THE KNITTING-SCHOOL. BY HS POTTER. IT was an Englishman who said : The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. It" he had seen the Breiben School of Laren he could have made a newer and a better proverb. Every...

...and hay; Then came a proud beggar, And swore he would have her, And stole little moppet away. DCLXIX. THE children of Holland Take pleasure in making What...the children of England Take pleasure in breaking.* Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland. DCLXX. IF all...

...misunderstood term, as regards the products of Birmingham. Our town has never, like Holland, taken " pleasure in making what the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" children's toys have never been a part of the manufactures of Birmingham. A century ago, before the...

...celebrated, some of them showing skillful workmanship, "Aunt Jo's" well-known couplet came to mind : " The children of Holland take pleasure in making What the children of Boston take pleasure in breaking." The excitement lasts till late in the evening, when the merry-makers...

...celebrated, some of them showing skillful workmanship, "Aunt Jo's" well-known couplet came to mind : " The children of Holland take pleasure in making What the children of Boston take pleasure in breaking." The excitement lasts till late in the evening, when the merry-makers...

...smile, ' The receiver is bad as the ' thief.''' BC. 368, quoting The Jest Book, by Mark Lemon, 1864. The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland. AV. 187. "A...

...die folgenden zurück, die eine innige Verbindung englischen und niederländischen Lebens erweisen : The children of Holland Take pleasure in making What...the children of England Take pleasure in breaking.*) Mit Freuden und auch mit Verständnis werden alles Gesungene und jede liedartige Lyrik, die aus den...

...it arrived in England bore a placard on its 95 back upon which was inscribed the following legend : "The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...children of England take pleasure in breaking." The young Queen of Holland has a large collection of dolls which helped to make happy her youthful days,...