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What does "You are a thick-headed boor of the veld ... Not but what,' he added, 'there is metal in you slow Dutchmen once we Germans have had the forging of it!" "once we Germans have the forging of it" ? mean?
What does "You are a thick-headed boor of the veld ... Not but what,' he added, 'there is metal in you slow Dutchmen once we Germans have had the forging of it!" "once we Germans have the forging of it" ? mean?
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It means "there is strength and courage in the Dutch after the Germans have forged it". 'Forge' means to shape metal usually by heat and hammering.
So, he is saying the Dutch have good metal (strength and courage) but it needs shaping to be valuable.
It is written in an older style of English.
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It means "there is strength and courage in the Dutch after the Germans have forged it". 'Forge' means to shape metal usually by heat and hammering.
So, he is saying the Dutch have good metal (strength and courage) but it needs shaping to be valuable.
It is written in an older style of English.
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