Narratives of Peril and Suffering, Volym 2T. Tegg, 1840 - 4 sidor |
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Narratives of Peril and Suffering, Volym 2 Richard Alfred Davenport Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1840 |
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Sida 29 - ... questions what was the intention of Charles ; and conjured him to dissuade the Prince from it, saying, that no reward could be any temptation to them ; for if they betrayed the Prince, they must leave their country, as nobody would speak to them, except to curse them': whereas £ 30,000 was a great reward to a poor gentleman, who could go to Edinburgh or London with his money, where he- would find people enough to live with him, and eat his meat and drink his wine.
Sida 398 - Schweitz, we met with the dead body of a woman, which had been just found. It was stretched out on a board, and barely covered with a white cloth. Two men, preceded by a priest, were carrying it to a more decent burial. We hoped that this sight would have concluded the...
Sida 193 - It is scarcely possible to conceive that a person in her forlorn situation could be so composed as to be capable of contriving or executing...
Sida 12 - M'Kenzie, who sat watching at the door of the hut, and overheard the debate, said in Erse, " Well, well ; he must be shot. You are the king, but we are the parliament, and will do what we choose.
Sida 34 - At last, worn out with fatigue and want of food, he was not able to go on without help ; and the two guides holding each of them one of his arms, supported him through the last part of this laborious journey. When they came to the place appointed...
Sida 172 - A melancholy darkness spread around me ; all was still, nevertheless a low and uncertain sound soon arose. All of a sudden, I perceived at the bottom of the street, and advancing towards me, a troop of cavalry, the men and horses, however, all flayed. The men held torches in their hands, the red flames of which illuminated skinless faces and bloody muscles.
Sida 37 - ... levelled with earth and gravel. There were betwixt the trees, growing naturally on their own roots, some stakes fixed in the earth, which, with the trees, were interwoven with ropes, made of heath and birch twigs...
Sida 398 - But we continued to find relics of ruined buildings for a league along the whole extent of the lake ; and a little beyond the two islands mentioned above we saw, lying on the shore, the stiff body of a peasant, which had been washed up by the waves, and which two men were examining, to ascertain where he belonged. Our guide instantly knew it to be one of the inhabitants of Goldau.
Sida 82 - ... after dinner, and went to meet my charming Peggy at a rendezvous which we had agreed on, to pass the few precious moments that were left us, in some solitary walk out of town. This was the more necessary, as so affecting a separation would not admit of witnesses ; and especially of the presence of her uncle, who had not the least suspicion of our sentiments. The afternoon, which was the most melancholy we ever knew, was spent in reciprocal vows and promises of eternal fidelity and constancy ;...
Sida 88 - Is it not," he sarcastically observes, ' " extraordinary, that in England, where courage is innate, one man is considered sufficient to arrest another, while in my country, where cowardice has set up her home, thirty are required for the purpose? Probably a coward is still more one when he attacks than when he is attacked, and that makes the person assaulted bolder; the truth is, in Venice one man is often seen opposing twenty sbirri : he gives them a good beating, and escapes.