History of Holland and BelgiumJohn W. Lovell, 1879 - 212 ページ |
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126 ページ - September, 1604, and the victors marched in over its crumbled walls and shattered batteries. Scarcely a vestige of the place remained beyond those terrible evidences of destruction. Its ditches, filled up with the rubbish of ramparts, bastions, and redoubts, left no distinct line of separation between the operations of its attack and its [1601-1604 AD] defence.
61 ページ - Netherlands, and that he was never as odious as his successor. There were some deep reasons for this, and some superficial ones ; among others, a singularly fortunate manner. He spoke German, Spanish, Italian, French, and Flemish, and could assume the characteristics of each country as easily as he could use its language. He could be stately with Spaniards, familiar with Flemings, witty with Italians. He could strike...