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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...below the bridge, and the spectators who thronged the openings and lined the banks made no sound. At length a low, ominous groan came, borne upon the air, with hisses, which grew louder and then died away. For there is a thrill of pity for fallen foes, which stirs in the hearts of most Englishmen, and as the Government barge shot the arches of London Bridge there was silence, which might be felt, broken by one voice, tremulous with age and emotion, -- My blessing on you, my lords, and long live King ames. The words reached the ears of the prisoners at the stern of the barge, guarded on either side by soldiers. Lord Nithsdale turned his head and looked up. The three figures at the lattice caught his eye, as the voice reached his ear, and he said to Lord Derwentwater, -- Take courage; we are not without friends. The three watchers at the casement strained their eyes till the barge had passed through the Traitor s Gate, and then Christian, laying her hand gently on her father s bowed head, said, They are gone now, dear father; all that we can do is to pray for them, and forgive those who have brought them to this sad plight. God help them! the old man said, for they will never see the face of friend or kindred again, never be welcomed by wife or child. Have I not in my long life seen many a prisoner pass through that fateful gate, to be lost to sight till they were butchered on Tower Hill? Help me back to my chair, child, for my heart sinks within me, and my time is short. It was on the 10th of December 1715 that the Lords were sent to the Tower, and it was on the 22d of the same month that the Prince who had been but a name to many of his followers, arrived in...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781234204075
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 50
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 123420407X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 109 gr


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