The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 78
uered and held by several of the big-boy sav-age tribes, in turn, but not until Batavian pluck stoodrecorded in many a fearful tale passed from generationto generation. Later, each of the surrounding nations, as it grew morepowerful, tried to wrest Holland from the holders of hersoil. Some… … THE BATAVIANS AND THEIR GOOD MEADOW 60 history, the Kussians burned Moscow to prevent it fromfalling into the hands of Napoleon, so this stanch peoplealways stood ready, at the worst, to drown Holland ratherthan yield her to the foe. Often they let in the watersthey had laboriously shut out, laying…
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