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But Bertha at last yielded a consent; and the entire town, ever bearing in mind its universal parentage of Bertha, determined to go to great lengths of rejoicing on the wedding-day; and the burgomaster, a fool and a good man, was certainly not indifferent.
They are not even allowed time to serve their apprenticeship. They remain in office one, two, or at most three years, receive a knighthood in the larger provincial towns, and retire into private life. In Germany the Burgomaster and Aldermen are permanent servants, at first elected for twelve years, and on re-election appointed for life.
Brussels, which had vainly expected some help from the North, opened its gates to Farnese on March 10th, and the taking of Antwerp, on August 16th, closed the series of operations which definitely separated Belgium from Holland and again placed the Southern provinces under the subjection of Spain. Antwerp had been defended obstinately by its burgomaster, the Calvinist pamphleteer, Marnix de St.
He thought only of how he should still keep his anger within bounds. Morok again approached the judge, and glancing at the orphans, recommenced speaking in a low voice. "Oh" cried the burgomaster, with, indignation, "you go too far now." "I affirm nothing," said Morok, hastily; "it is a mere supposition founded on " and he again brought his lips close to the ear of the judge.
The Prince was the first to acknowledge the deep debt of gratitude Holland owed to the heroic fortitude of the noble burgomaster and his fellow-citizens. The people of Holland and Zealand, to show how much they were indebted to the citizens, established that university which, thus founded at the darkest period of their country's struggle, was in after times to become so celebrated.
"I hope, sir, I take you for what you are, that is to say, for the honorable Mynheer van Systens, Burgomaster of Haarlem, and President of the Horticultural Society." "And what is it you told me just now?" "I told you, sir, that my tulip has been stolen." "Then your tulip is that of Mynheer Boxtel. Well, my child, you express yourself very badly.
"I prize the peace of households; but this is not a thing to be done in a hurry: we will see about it, we will see." "But, burgomaster, the man will be gone. It will be too late." "Where is he?" "At the hostelry, drinking." "Well, keep him drinking! We will see, we will see." And he sent them off discomfited. To explain all this we must retrograde a step.
The honest burgomaster, however, was nearly frightened into a fit of apoplexy at seeing the man whose death he had sincerely mourned standing alive and well at the door of his studio. Meinherr Six obliged him to promise that he would in future abstain from such abominable deceptions. One day he was employed in painting in a group the likenesses of the whole family of a rich citizen.
He was the son of the Burgomaster of the town, he would be the richest man in the town, his wife might repay with interest and advantage the dull bovine scorn to which the city dames had treated her mother. The widow permitted herself to hope. Her child was beautiful, with the creamy fairness of Gueldres, and as pure as the sky.
Jodoque suggesting that the mayor could not want advice, the mayor admitted there was something in that, but still a word was a word. Things, in fact, were in a pretty state, for the burgomaster, now he had to do with the escape of a French prisoner. And this was the case. The French were off the town, and at that time the French had the luck to be generally sure in the matter of victory.
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