Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 120
None THE LAND OF PLUCK. I07 but the Dutch could live so tranquilly in Hol-land ; though, for that matter, if it had not beenfor the Dutch, we may be sure there wouldhave been, by this time, no Holland at all. And yet this very Holland, besides holdingits own place, has managed to gain a footholdin… … MYNHEER SITS DOWN ON HIS BACK PORCH TO TRY HIS LUCK. the discomforts of their country, become so veryfond of it that even the extreme cold is con-sidered a luxury. In some such way, I suppose,the Hollander becomes infatuated with water.He deems no landscape, no pleasure-spot com-plete without it.…
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