With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.
Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.
The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.
The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.
The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies.