 The worthy Dutch mariner , in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought back a cargo of wheat from Dantsic ! The lady, indignant at his stupidity, ordered the valuable freight to be thrown overboard at the mouth of the harbour. This...  Three Weeks in Holland and Belgium - Page 105de John U. Higinbotham - 1908 - 267 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1869 - 418 pages
...derives its name from the tradition that the wife of a wealthy merchant once desired one of her husband's captains to bring her from abroad 'the most precious thing in the world'. The worthy Dutch mariner, in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought back a cargo... | |
 | Charles Edmund Robinson - 1876 - 314 pages
...from the * Lady-sand. tradition that the wife of a wealthy merchant once desired one of her husband's captains to bring her from abroad ' the most precious thing in the world.' The worthy Dutch mariner, in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought back a cargo... | |
 | Karl Baedeker - 1881 - 504 pages
...derives its name from the tradition that the wife of a wealthy merchant once desired one of her husband's captains to bring her from abroad 'the most precious thing in the world1. The worthy Dutch mariner , in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1897 - 578 pages
...derives its name from the tradition that the wife of a wealthy merchant once desired one of her husband's captains to bring her from abroad 'the most precious thing in the world'. The worthy Dutch mariner, in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought back a cargo... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1901 - 612 pages
...derives its name from the tradition that the wife of a wealthy merchant once desired one of her husband's captains to bring her from abroad 'the most precious thing in the world1. The worthy Dutch mariner, in conscientious fulfilment of the request, accordingly brought back... | |
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