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Torteltak haalde zeer gepast Byron's woorden aan: "Lake Leeman woos me with its crystal face, The mirror where the stars and mountains view The stillness of their aspect in each trace, Its clear depth yields of their far height and hue."

Dat die X veldwachter wezen moet, en z'n neef Y lid van 'n invloedryk matigheidsgenootschap. Ook dat minister Z verdiende bevorderd te worden tot ambteloos burger ... altemaal right things on their right places, of disederata daartoe strekkende.

They do not sail out from land, except upon rare occasions.... The prow and stern of fishing-boats are much alike, and are neatly nailed together with wooden nails. They use round stems of trees in their natural state, for masts. The sails are made of straw, plaited together with cross-bars of bamboo. The sail is at the stern of the boat. "November 1664.

Vuurpook en tang leunen tevreden tegen hun standertje, de kolen liggen rustig in den bak, de asch valt melancholisch door den rooster, de sneeuw op het dak wacht met geduld den tyd van smelten ... all things on their right places ... Maar de eerlyke JACOB DE VLETTER zit in het tuchthuis. En heel veel boeven, die daar wezen moesten, zitten er nog altyd niet.

Komaan, ik wil goedig zyn, en al de valsche specialiteiten die m'n uitgever zoo boosaardig supprimeerde, verheffen tot wáre specialiteiten, tot inderdaad kundige, in hun speciaal vak door-en-door bedreven personen ... dan zelfs, en dan juist, vraag ik of zy in de volksvertegen- woordiging on their right places zyn? Ik geloof het niet.

Om zich goed in dezen toestand in te denken, doe ik het best een officiëel rapport van het vroegere hoofd der Brusselsche politie, Lenaers, aan te halen: "The women in the houses are subjected to obligations without number, they are forced, so to speak, to give themselves up to the first comer, however deep their repugnance to him may be; they are compelled to incur heavy expenses and to submit themselves to the yoke of the keeper of the houses; their liberty of action is exceedingly limited; they must never be seen at the door or windows of the houses; they scarceley ever go out, and then always under the escort of the mistress; in a word, they possess only that amount of liberty, which the mistress chooses to grant them, and the mistresses extend or control their liberty, as it suits their own interests, and without any reference to the will or preferences of the women."

Men secht ons dat dit volck is geweest aen een lant van Corre oft eijland dat onder Japans gebiet staet. Zie Bijlage II c-d, en Dagr. Bat. 1668 bl. 204. Zie Bijlage II i. Perhaps it never will be learned, as it is not likely that the Coreans would take any pains to mark the site of their graves". Zelfs Mr. Pieter van Dam schijnt van hunne bevrijding en terugkomst niet te hebben geweten.

Uitg.-Stichter heeft: "quade Regeringe". "Not the least interesting of the local or national festivals, are those held in memory of the soldiers slain in the service of their country on famous battle-fields. Besides holding annual memorial celebrations at these places, which fire the patriotism of the people, there are temples erected to soothe the spirits of the slain.

VII p. 517: Travels of some Dutchmen in Korea; with an account of the country, and their shipwreck on the Island of Quelpaert. By HENRY HAMEL. Translated from the French. BEGIN ENDE VOORTGANGH van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Narrative of the voyage of H.M. Semarang, during the years 1843-46. London, 1848.

En, by al die specialiteiten, de zeer speciale specialiteit der frazen ... vuile eieren! Alles saamgenomen! vergif! Ik ben terdeeg aan 't komponeeren. Zie eens hoe quite right ik al die stinkende dingen on their right places heb gezet, om de oneetbaarheid van de broodjes te betoogen, waarop de maatschappy zich maagbedervend het gebit slee kauwt.