You can see it in his strong brows, his determined mouth, his every line.

It is only two hundred and thirty-seven years, only seven generations, since he was in the Thames with his fleet, and London was panic-stricken.

No enemy has been there since.

The English had their revenge in 1809, when they bombarded Flushing and reduced it to only a semblance of what it had been.

Among the beautiful buildings which our cannon balls destroyed was the ancient stadhuis.