"Ocher" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... broached very gently. "In the sweetest terms possible," it was to be hinted that the whole body of the Netherlanders could protect itself against every enemy, but if dismembered as it was about to be, neither the one portion nor the ocher would be safe. The commissioners were therefore to request the offer of some proposition from the States-General for the common defence. In case they remained silent, however, then the commissioners were ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley |
