...imminent danger of being swept away for ever.^ Between Amsterdam and Meyden, the great Diemer dyke was broken through in twelve places. The Hand-bos,...snapped to pieces like packthread. The " Sleeper/' a dyke thus called, because it was usually left in repose by the elements, except in great emergencies,...

...directions ; how even the Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles, braced with iron, moored with heavy anchors and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like packthread ; how fishing boats and bulky vessels floating up into the country became entangled among the trees,...

...dyke between Amsterdam and Diemar gave way in many places. Another bulwark called the " Hand-bos," " formed of oaken piles, fastened with metal clamps,...and granite, was snapped to pieces like pack-thread. Dort and Eotterdam, with many other cities, were for a time almost submerged. Along the coast, fishing...

...directions ; how even the Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles, braced with iron, moored with heavy anchors and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like packthread ; how fishing-boats and bulky vessels, floating up into the country, became entangled among the trees,...

...Capital, was broken in twelve different places. "Another made of oaken tiles, fastened with strong metal clamps, moored with iron anchors, and secured by gravel and granite was snapped like a thread. The ocean poured in with terrible fury; whole districts of land with all their villages,...

...in imminent danger of boing swept away forever.3 Between Amsterdam and Meyden, the great Diemer dyke was broken through in twelve places. The Hand-bos,...formed of oaken piles, fastened with metal clamps, with iron anchors, and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like packthread. The "Sleeper,"...

...imminent danger of being swept away forever.fr Between Amsterdam and Meyden, the great Diemer dyke was broken through in twelve places. The Hand-bos,...snapped to pieces like packthread. The " Sleeper," a dyke thus called, because it was usually left in repose by the elements, except in great emergencies,...

...imminent danger of being swept away for ever.3 Between Amsterdam and Meyden, the great Diemer dyke was broken through in twelve places. The Hand-bos,...snapped to pieces like packthread. The " Sleeper," a dyke thus called, because it was usually 1 Bor, v. 3,3 Hoofd, ri. K.), »06. 1 Hoofd, vi. ^05. * Hoofd,...

...in imminent danger of being swept away for ever. Between Amsterdam and Meyden, the great Diemer dyke was broken through in twelve places. The Hand-bos,...snapped to pieces like packthread. The ' Sleeper,' a dyke thus called, because it was usually left in repose by the elements, except in great emergencies,...

...directions; how even the Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles, braced with iron, moored with heavy anchors, and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like thread; how fishing boats and bulky vessels floating up into the country became entangled among the...