| American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the more faint-hearted even assailed the heroic Adrian van der Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed through the streets. A crowd had gathered... | |
| John Lothrop Motley - Netherlands - 1856 - 604 pages
...ignorance, had gradually abandoned their hopes of relief, but they spurned the summons to surrender. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the burgomaster, as a silent witness against his inflexibility.f A party of the more faint-hearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van der Werf with... | |
| Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1857 - 722 pages
...ignorance, had gradually abandoned their hopes of relief, but they spurned the summons to surrender. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the more faint-hearted even assailed the heroic Adrian • Hoofd, Ix. 381, 382. Bor, vii. 857. Van der Werf, with threats and reproaches, as he passed... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe, — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were....of the more fainthearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van dor Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed through the streets. A crowd had gathered... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1860 - 624 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...witness against his inflexibility. A party of the more fkint-hearted even assailed the heroic Adrian van der Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe, — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the more fainthearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van der Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed through the streets. A crowd had gathered... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe, — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the more fainthearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van der Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed through the streets. A erowd had gathered... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe, — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...burgomaster, as a silent witness against his inflexibility. A pmrty of the more fainthearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van dor Werf with threats and reproaches... | |
| John Tillotson - Battles - 1865 - 508 pages
...ignorance, had gradually abandoned their hopes of relief, but they spurned the summons to surrender. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were, however, occasionally heard at the stedfastness of the magistrates, and a dead body was placed at the door of the burgomaster, as a silent... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...each other to resist the entrance of their foreign foe — an evil more horrible than pest or famine. Leyden was sublime in its despair. A few murmurs were,...of the more fainthearted even assailed the heroic Adrian Van der Werf with threats and reproaches as he passed through the streets. A crowd had gathered... | |
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