Thus the liberties of Holland and Flanders waxed, daily, stronger. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already… — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
