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Excerpt: ...I quote a little poem by Mr. Van Lennep of Zeist, near Utrecht, which shows that the Dutch, whatever their present condition, have not forgotten: -- The shell, when put to child-like ears, Yet murmurs of its bygone years, In echoes of the sea; The Dutch-born youngster likes the sound, And ponders o'er its mystic ground And wondrous memory. Thus, in Dutch hearts, an echo dwells, Which, like the ever-mindful shells, Yet murmurs of the sea: That sea, of ours in times of yore, And, when De Ruyter went before, Our road to victory. Page 153 Chapter X Amsterdam The Venice of the North--The beauty of gravity--No place for George Dyer--The Keizersgracht--Kalverstraat and Warmoes Straat--The Ghetto--Pile-driving--Erasmus's sarcasm--The new Bourse--Learning the city--Tramway perplexities--The unnecessary guide--The Royal Palace--The New Church--Stained glass--The Old Church--The five carpets--Wedding customs--Dutch wives to-day and in the past--The Begijnenhof--The new religion and the old--The Burgerweesmeisjes--The Eight Orange Blossoms--Dutch music halls--A Dutch Hamlet--The fish market--Rembrandt's grave--A nation of shopkeepers--Max Havelaar--Mr. Drystubble's device--Lothario and Betsy--The English in Holland and the Dutch in England--Athleticism--A people on skates--The chaperon's perplexity--Love on the level. Amsterdam is notable for two possessions above others: its old canals and its old pictures. Truly has it been called the Venice of the North; but very different is its sombre quietude from the sunny Italian city among the waters. There is a beauty of gaiety and a beauty of gravity; and Amsterdam in its older parts--on the Keizersgracht and the Heerengracht--has the beauty of gravity. In Venice the canal is of course also the street: gondolas and barcas are continually gliding hither and thither; but in the Keizersgracht and the Heerengracht the water is little used. One day, however, I watched a costermonger steering...
| ISBN-13 | 9781443202732 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1443202738 |
| Weight | 0.58 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 172 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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