The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 90
my light-hearted boys and girls, if there were notlessons to be learned from these things, it would be well O 3 to blot them from human memory. But would it be wellto forget the heroism, the majestic patience, the trust inGod, that shine forth resplendent from these darkest pagesof Dutch history ?… … THE DUTCH HAVE TAKEN HOLLAND 75 already, you will understand Dutch pluck in all its full-ness, and be glad that, in the end, it proved victoriousover every foe. But, as you have been told before, it is not only amidthe din of war that Holland has shown her pluck; nor ishers the bragging, boisterous…
Children's stories, American
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