Pictures of the Olden Time
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They have neglected to lay in a store of provisions, and they have no troops to defend the city but the burgher guards. But the burgher guards will de- fend it to the death. They are commanded by Peter van der Werff. The governor of the city is John van der Does. The names of these two men are not remarkably euphonious, and they would not 244 THE ADVENTURER.
sound very well in Homer's verse, nor keep time with its thunder-tramp ; but fortunately they do not need it to make their deeds immortal.... Their pictures hang up to this day in the town-hall, and their faces look mild and benevolent, but at the same time full of calm and immovable determi- nation.
Valdez summons a surrender. He sends a letter by the hands of some deserters, filled with flatter- ing promises and offers of pardon. He receives from the governor a very short and pithy reply in Latin : " Fistula dulce canit volucrem, dum decipit anceps." * Orange is alive to the emergency. Large col- lections of provisions are made for the relief of the besieged, but he has no force sufficient to break through the line of forts that invests the starving city.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They have neglected to lay in a store of provisions, and they have no troops to defend the city but the burgher guards. But the burgher guards will de- fend it to the death. They are commanded by Peter van der Werff. The governor of the city is John van der Does. The names of these two men are not remarkably euphonious, and they would not 244 THE ADVENTURER.
sound very well in Homer's verse, nor keep time with its thunder-tramp ; but fortunately they do not need it to make their deeds immortal.... Their pictures hang up to this day in the town-hall, and their faces look mild and benevolent, but at the same time full of calm and immovable determi- nation.
Valdez summons a surrender. He sends a letter by the hands of some deserters, filled with flatter- ing promises and offers of pardon. He receives from the governor a very short and pithy reply in Latin : " Fistula dulce canit volucrem, dum decipit anceps." * Orange is alive to the emergency. Large col- lections of provisions are made for the relief of the besieged, but he has no force sufficient to break through the line of forts that invests the starving city.
What to read after Pictures of the Olden Time?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Sears, Edmund Hamilton, 1852-1942 to read onlineMoreLess
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