The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 46
... less than immediate liberation . But in this hope they were cruelly disappointed . Being prisoners of State , their discharge could not be decreed without the sanction of the Government . Reference was made to Paris , and after a ...
... less than immediate liberation . But in this hope they were cruelly disappointed . Being prisoners of State , their discharge could not be decreed without the sanction of the Government . Reference was made to Paris , and after a ...
Page 57
... less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were aged , others suffering from pain and sickness , as they writhed in the torture of their constrained position , was distressing beyond description . Many sunk ...
... less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were aged , others suffering from pain and sickness , as they writhed in the torture of their constrained position , was distressing beyond description . Many sunk ...
Page 58
... 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 them- selves in the warm dung of the stable , where horses had been recently kept , in ...
... 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 them- selves in the warm dung of the stable , where horses had been recently kept , in ...
Page 64
... less ingenious . It While the practice of Metallurgy is of the highest antiquity , the science of Metallurgy is of comparatively modern date . is still , indeed , only in course of development . Although the mining operations of England ...
... less ingenious . It While the practice of Metallurgy is of the highest antiquity , the science of Metallurgy is of comparatively modern date . is still , indeed , only in course of development . Although the mining operations of England ...
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