The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 43
No less than twenty - two of these ruthless dragoons were quartered in the house
of the Marteilhe family . The father was consigned to prison ; two sons and
daughters , who were but children , were sent into a convent . The mother alone
was ...
No less than twenty - two of these ruthless dragoons were quartered in the house
of the Marteilhe family . The father was consigned to prison ; two sons and
daughters , who were but children , were sent into a convent . The mother alone
was ...
Page 45
Less stern in their principles , these men had been prepared to leave their
country for their religion , and once out of France would doubtless have remained
good Protestants , but they had no stomach for the galleys , and when the
alternative ...
Less stern in their principles , these men had been prepared to leave their
country for their religion , and once out of France would doubtless have remained
good Protestants , but they had no stomach for the galleys , and when the
alternative ...
Page 46
The result was that they were actually acquitted by the court of the charge of
attempting to escape , and they expected nothing less than immediate liberation .
But in this hope they were cruelly disappointed . Being prisoners of State , their ...
The result was that they were actually acquitted by the court of the charge of
attempting to escape , and they expected nothing less than immediate liberation .
But in this hope they were cruelly disappointed . Being prisoners of State , their ...
Page 57
... nor stand upright , but was kept constantly in a half - lying , half - sitting posture
, with his head against the beam . The sight of the wretched beings , of whom no
less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were ...
... nor stand upright , but was kept constantly in a half - lying , half - sitting posture
, with his head against the beam . The sight of the wretched beings , of whom no
less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were ...
Page 58
That night and the next day no less than eighteen of the party died . ' Marteilhe
attributes the saving of his own life and that of his co - religionist to their having
embedded themselves in the warm dung of the stable , where horses had been ...
That night and the next day no less than eighteen of the party died . ' Marteilhe
attributes the saving of his own life and that of his co - religionist to their having
embedded themselves in the warm dung of the stable , where horses had been ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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