...trading to a close. Long before that * The popular opinion of later times is expressed in the rhyme — "In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much." But this was after the days of the league. J " A place to which, by authority and privilege, wool,...

...spottende beschuldiging, den Hollanders vaak door de Engelschen naar het hoofd geslingerd: «In matte rs of commerce the fault of the Dutch «Is giving too little and asking too much.» (In handelszaken is het de fout der Hollanders, te veel te vragen en te weinig te geven). Zouden wat...

...the despatch was in cypher. With infinite pains the attaches unravelled it thus : " Dear Bagot, in commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much ; So since on this policy Mynheer seems bent, We'll clap on his vessels just 20 per cent." But although...

...Riebeeck was not free from the failing with which his nation is charged, that " in matters commercial, the fault of the Dutch, is giving too little, and asking too much." For example, he suggests that for ostrich feathers " with very fine points," a small piece of bread...

...fishing piracy committed by Dutchmen, who thus monopolized the fishing industry. As Canning said, ' In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch is giving too little and asking too much.' And Treitschke, commenting upon this, wrote in his history : ' The Dutch regard the Rhine as open to...

...call for comment, though it may interest some readers to know the origin of the well-known lines : " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much," while there is pathos in the " Ode to Gossip," found among his papers after his death. * Even when...

...lose money by, or even to invest in, the entcrprise. Perhaps the English skit on the Hollanders : " The fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much," originated during those days. From what I observed in conversation with South African people of Dutch...

...conscious of duties toward their Colonies, anxious to promote their welfare Continued from p. 192. " In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much, With equal protection the French are content, So we'll lay on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent, Chorus of Officers;—...

...conscious of duties toward their Colonies, anxious to promote their welfare Continued from p. 192. " In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much, With equal protection the French are content, So we'll lay on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent, Chorus of Officers;...

...that he ever got, like his predecessor, Sir Charles Bagot, any politico-commercial poems, such as : In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little, and asking too much, &c. ' I had a charming present of a goat carriage. My mother gave herself a lovely pink pigeon, which...