Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 · London : Methuen · leaf 324
in 1282 came a great tempest which drove the Germanocean over the north-west shores of Holland, insulating Texeland pouring over the low land between Holland and Fries-land. The scheme now in contemplation to drain the Zuy-der Zee proposes a dam from Enkhuisen to Piaam, thus re-claiming some… … THE WIDOWS CORN ^27 and no writer on Holland has had the temerity to avoidsaying it. That thing is the story of the widow and thesandbank. It seems that at Stavoren in its palmy dayswas a wealthy widow shipowner, who once gave instructionsto one of her captains, bound for a foreign port, that…
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