All 11 Uses of
Dutch
in
Candide
- "I grant all you say," said Cacambo, "but we have still two sheep remaining, with more treasure than the King of Spain will ever have; and I see a town which I take to be Surinam, belonging to the Dutch.†
Chpt 19
- "Good God!" said Candide in Dutch, "what art thou doing there, friend, in that shocking condition?"†
Chpt 19
- Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less wretched than I. The Dutch fetiches, who have converted me, declare every Sunday that we are all of us children of Adam——blacks as well as whites.†
Chpt 19
- oh!" said the Dutch skipper once more to himself, "thirty thousand piastres are a trifle to this man; surely these sheep must be laden with an immense treasure; let us say no more about it.†
Chpt 19
- He waited upon the Dutch magistrate, and in his distress he knocked over loudly at the door.†
Chpt 19
- Besides, Candide was possessed of money and jewels, and though he had lost one hundred large red sheep, laden with the greatest treasure upon earth; though the knavery of the Dutch skipper still sat heavy upon his mind; yet when he reflected upon what he had still left, and when he mentioned the name of Cunegonde, especially towards the latter end of a repast, he inclined to Pangloss's doctrine.†
Chpt 20
- The French captain soon saw that the captain of the victorious vessel was a Spaniard, and that the other was a Dutch pirate, and the very same one who had robbed Candide.†
Chpt 20
- This rogue of a Dutch skipper has met with the fate he deserved."†
Chpt 20
- There was then a small Dutch ship in the harbour.†
Chpt 22
- Ah, my dear Cunegonde, what sort of a world is this?" said Candide on board the Dutch ship.†
Chpt 23 *
- Candide was so shocked and bewildered by what he saw and heard, that he would not set foot on shore, and he made a bargain with the Dutch skipper (were he even to rob him like the Surinam captain) to conduct him without delay to Venice.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(Dutch) the people of the Netherlands (including Holland); or relating to them (including the name of their language)editor's notes: Many people refer to the Netherlands as Holland -- which is more accurately the most populous region of the Netherlands. The Netherlands is best known for having 25% of its land below sea level.