Albert Lunel; or, The château of Languedoc [by lord Brougham]. |
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Page 56 - Vehme from wife and child — from father and mother — from sister and brother — from fire and water — from every creature upon which the sun shines, or upon which the rain falls — from every being between earth and heaven. " Another clause relates to his active duties. He further swears, that he will
Page 101 - Sartine's administration, and he retired with him from office. His writings were of very high merit, and although his pen had been variously employed, it was never so active as in the defence of the established institutions of the State. Of these he was a warm supporter, as well of the Church established, as of the King anointed ; and to both he rendered strenuous, able, effectual service, whether in office or in retirement. Like all men of great talents and success in life, he had, the Baron observed,...
Page 45 - Germanic mind. Besides, I could receive very little more for a critical dissertation or a romance, than for a translation from some well known foreign author. Again, there was frequently no demand at all for my original productions, not to mention that I was not at all times in a humour of mind to execute them; and in the employment of a literary man...
Page 100 - France just before the Revolution of 1789. In the course of the action a distinguished visitor arrives one day at the chateau of the Marquess de Bagnolles. This was M. La Croasse, one of the most distinguished men of the day, or rather of the day before, he having served in high station during M. Sartine's short naval administration; but he had now retired from active life, and passed his time in literary ease, though still an acute and anxious observer of public events. He was described by the Baron,...
Page 135 - HZ. 4s. (about twelve louis d'or).' They said the title of this law was ' An act for the security of the subject, to prevent the forfeiture of life and alike upon killing a negro or other slave.' " I found that a wholesale system of punishment is established in this town. There is an apparatus at the common gaol, where a public flogger attends, and any master who has suspected his slaves of rebellious designs or other offences, sends them to the place ; they are tied up with their limbs stretched...
Page 152 - I was asked by an upper-servant, a kind of house steward, on going to bed, if I wished to have a negress girl brought to me as a companion for the night. The greatest laxity prevails in this respect, among even persons who would shrink from encouraging any illicit intercourse among whites. Most of the country gentlemen, the planters, were the fathers of many mulattos still held in slavery on their estates, and even in their families; nor was it supposed that great nicety was observed in avoiding...
Page 59 - He was now told that the time had come when his virtue must be tried ; he trembled visibly ; but answered, ' Lead on !' He was taken, and we accompanied him, into the next room, more dimly lighted, where he saw his own brother bound to a stake with his shirt off, loaded with irons, and in a posture of supplication. The commands of the invisible tyrants were then read with a loud voice. He was ordered to put the victim of stern justice to death, as one who had been treacherous to the order — ' That...
Page 60 - ... convulsively grasped the dagger ; and with a loud scream plunged it in. Loud acclamations rose from all present but me; the bandage was removed from his eyes; it was found that he had slain a lamb with the wool shorn, and mouth muzzled ; and he was covered with the poor creature's blood. But no...
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