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Sketch of the Language and Literature of Holland
Sketch of the Language and Literature of Holland Author:John Bowring Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: even by hell -- whither shall the wretches repair?" But a period follows rich in historical events, L'Indigestion du Villain, in Le Grand, vol. II, p.... more » i3. By the way, false quotations of scripture were much the practice. In the Conines Summe, printed at Delft in 1478, being a translation of the Somme le Roi, is the following curious passage: -- "Job says that man's life upon earth is like knighthood and burghership. And behold that the young burgher and the new knight, as they have different thoughts, so they have different de- sires. The burgher thinks of his commonalty (comans- cap), and of his gains; and the end of his intentions (meninghe) is to become rich and honoured in his life. The new knight goes altogether a different way : he thinks of high deeds (hoecheit) to be done -- liberally to give- nobly to live -- to go to feats of arms (in de wapenen) -- to suffer trouble -- to show courage -- and to climb to a bigh state. These two states we manyfestly see in two manners of men.7' Of the old domestic manners, dresses, food,« less