The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeCollins, 1987 - 698 pagina's This text explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. |
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Pagina 229
... hand , there was ample cause for rejoicing that Holland seemed to have garnered the fattest prizes of world trade ; on the other , a nagging anxiety that they might be robbed of what was " rightfully " theirs by force or by stealth ...
... hand , there was ample cause for rejoicing that Holland seemed to have garnered the fattest prizes of world trade ; on the other , a nagging anxiety that they might be robbed of what was " rightfully " theirs by force or by stealth ...
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... hand and a buyer shook it , a second exaggerated handshake confirming the price , degenerated into a manic display of wild and speedy hand slapping . “ Hands redden from the blows . . . handshakes are followed by shouting , insults ...
... hand and a buyer shook it , a second exaggerated handshake confirming the price , degenerated into a manic display of wild and speedy hand slapping . “ Hands redden from the blows . . . handshakes are followed by shouting , insults ...
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... hand in Picart's Mallemoolen , the Carousel of Fools , with the devil riding on the roundabout horse , as a ship ... hand , the frequency with which the adages were invoked in this capitalist iconography suggests how tenuous was the hold ...
... hand in Picart's Mallemoolen , the Carousel of Fools , with the devil riding on the roundabout horse , as a ship ... hand , the frequency with which the adages were invoked in this capitalist iconography suggests how tenuous was the hold ...
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