 | 1870 - 452 sayfa
...more we are told that Mr. Freeman is a Dutchman, the more apt appear to us the lines of Canning : " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch, Is giving too little and asking too much." We mean, of course, too little proof and too much belief. For what Mr. Freeman's Dutch theory comes... | |
 | George Augustus Sala - 1867 - 378 sayfa
...content to buy cows, cheeses, and herrings from them, and to chuckle over Canning's comic despatch : " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much ;" with the refrain about clapping thirty per cent, upon Dutch bottoms. And then we think no more about them.... | |
 | 1867 - 410 sayfa
...verwijderen. Te huis gekomen, ontcijferde hij de dépêche, die van den navolgenden inhoud was: In matter of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much. With equal ad vantage the French are conten t, So we'll clap on Dutch cottons with twenty percent, Twenty per... | |
 | Oak apples, D Y - 1868 - 94 sayfa
...'At length the fumes rose To his brain, and his nose Gave hints of a strong disposition to doze.' 3. 'In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much.' 4 'These females, some old, some still in their teens, Some call Sisters of Charity, others Be'guines.'... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1868 - 472 sayfa
...important paper (and it was important) contains something like the following doggrel : " 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." As a specimen... | |
 | Arthur Lillie - 1870 - 250 sayfa
...Flummery. " The insulted party might accept an apology," said the Marquis of Marmalade. CHAPTER XIX. " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little, and asking too much." WILBERFORCE'S Practical View. F His Royal Highness were to humbly ask pardon on his knees," said the... | |
 | Arnold Willem Pieter Verkerk Pistorius - 1871 - 260 sayfa
...hiervoor bestaat bij ons wel eenige vrees. Het bekende verwijt dat aan de gansche natie gericht is : the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much, treft vooral ons koloniaal bestuur. Laten wij hopen, dat ten opzichte der particuliere industrie in... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1872 - 390 sayfa
...astonishment, he deciphered the following despatch from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : — " In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is...; With equal advantage the French are content, So we '11 clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent. Twenty per cent., Twenty per cent., Nous frapperons... | |
 | 1880 - 434 sayfa
...gevon den worden op wie het welbekende Engeische rijmpje van toepassing is : „In matters of commeree the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much." ') Nog een waarschuwend veorbeeld. — Naar aauleiding van het door ons medegedeelde, aangaande een... | |
 | Rudolf Haym, Heinrich von Treitschke, Wlihelm Wehrenpfennig, Hans Delbrück - 1872 - 1008 sayfa
...eröffnet шигЬе. ®anj î)eutfфlanb ftimmte ein, aie ©corge Sanning ben £>ollänbern anrief: in matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch is giving too litlle and asking too much. v'tf 2luolegitng шаг nid;t ber iKbdit frei für bie beiit«^ l (феи... | |
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In matters of commerce, the fault of the Dutch Is giving too little and asking too much; With equal advantage the French are content : So we "11 clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent. 
