Life of Lieut.-Admiral de RuyterK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 258 стор. |
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... hands below . The pirates boarded , but not a man could keep his feet on the buttery deck , and they were glad to get back to their own vessel , leaving de Ruyter's mysterious craft , with deck as slippery as ice and not a man visible ...
... hands below . The pirates boarded , but not a man could keep his feet on the buttery deck , and they were glad to get back to their own vessel , leaving de Ruyter's mysterious craft , with deck as slippery as ice and not a man visible ...
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... hand in hand with the happiness of the gallant sailor . Two daughters were the fruit of this union . It was customary at this time for Dutch parents , shortly after the birth of a child , to receive their friends during several days ...
... hand in hand with the happiness of the gallant sailor . Two daughters were the fruit of this union . It was customary at this time for Dutch parents , shortly after the birth of a child , to receive their friends during several days ...
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... hands of Spain , her merchants emigrated to Amsterdam , taking their wealth and their business with them . The same thing happened with the Portuguese Jews , who were expelled by the cruelties of the Inquisition from Portugal . They ...
... hands of Spain , her merchants emigrated to Amsterdam , taking their wealth and their business with them . The same thing happened with the Portuguese Jews , who were expelled by the cruelties of the Inquisition from Portugal . They ...
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... hands . A distinguished modern writer ( A Lefevre Pontalis , " Vie de Jean de Witt , " vol . i . p . 141 ) estimates the value of the merchandize thus placed in their hands at 1,000,000,000 frs . ( say £ 40,000,000 circa ) . Nor was ...
... hands . A distinguished modern writer ( A Lefevre Pontalis , " Vie de Jean de Witt , " vol . i . p . 141 ) estimates the value of the merchandize thus placed in their hands at 1,000,000,000 frs . ( say £ 40,000,000 circa ) . Nor was ...
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... hand in hand , till they now stood at the highest pinnacle of their power . The " Beggars of the Sea , " as they had been called , were now the lords of that element , and the very waves which daily threatened to over- whelm their ...
... hand in hand , till they now stood at the highest pinnacle of their power . The " Beggars of the Sea , " as they had been called , were now the lords of that element , and the very waves which daily threatened to over- whelm their ...
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