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 been once united, in their slavery to Rome. — 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
To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. — John Lothrop Motley Copy Share Image
