. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. eyden, Dort, Delft, allexhibit similar tokens of desertion. To the Spaniards ^ is every-where ascribed the ruin of trade, the destruction of works of art,and the distresses to which the country has been exposed. Such 31 WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND THE NETHERLANDS. are tlie results of the unhappy war which scourged the Nether-lands in the sixteenth century. Although advancing by newefforts towards its former condition, three centuries have not obli-terated the traces of this fearful struggle for civil and religiousfreedom. Considering the ser
. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. eyden, Dort, Delft, allexhibit similar tokens of desertion. To the Spaniards ^ is every-where ascribed the ruin of trade, the destruction of works of art,and the distresses to which the country has been exposed. Such 31 WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND THE NETHERLANDS. are tlie results of the unhappy war which scourged the Nether-lands in the sixteenth century. Although advancing by newefforts towards its former condition, three centuries have not obli-terated the traces of this fearful struggle for civil and religiousfreedom. Considering the services performed by William ofOrange in this great effort, no one can look without emotion onthe splendid monument erected over his tomb in the New Churchof Delft, of which we append a representation. It is a loftystructure of marble, embellished with many figures, one of whichis that of the prince, in bronze, sitting with his truncheon ofoffice, and his helmet at his feet; while behind is a figure ofTame sounding with her trumpet the praises of the
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