The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 70
ng and tumbling toward Haarlem upon thefrozen, slippery sea. Their object was to capture theDutch ships that lay near the city, tightly held in by theice. Suddenly they were overpowered. How ? By a bodyof armed men on skates, who, springing from ice-trenches,flew swiftly upon the astonished… … O2; Pi Cfi DUTCH ODDITIES 55 The ocean, too, could tell tales of Dutch sea-fights andDutch ships bound on great enterprises; though it hasa funny story of the brave admiral Van Tromp, whichyou may already have heard. He was born a little Dutch-man, two hundred and ninety-seven years ago,--just…
Children's stories, American
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