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Anecdotes.
Singular Instances Of Pusillanimity
SINGULAR INSTANCES OF PUSILLANIMITY
IN THE POPE ' S SOLDIERS . - A MAN , detected in stealing some stones l ying near a dead Wall -t-A . » b y a patrole of the-Pope ' s soldiers , was desired by them to ' throw away the stories and surrender . The consequence he knew —imprisonment for two three
an or weeks . He rallied the whole party , each abusing the other , till one of the soldiers said , " It does not signify , you must submit , or 1 shall shoot you . " The man with an almost incredible intrepidity , replied , " Fire;—but mark ' snould you miss , you are a dead man . " Whether this intimidated the soldier or not , he levelled his musquet , and actuall y missed fhe forward ht the soldier
man sprung , caug by . the shoulders , dashed his head against the wall , and killed him on the spot . His comrades , in surprize and wonder at the action , ran away ; and the man very composedly walked home . A GERMAN Prince ( I think it was the Elector of Saxony ) some time since being at Rome , was requested bv his Holiness ' s nephews to review the troops
. They were accordingly ordered out ; the Elector gave the word ; bufwhen in the midst of the manuel , upon its beginning to rain , every soldier of them left the field , and ran to shelter . In a short time , the rain being over , they resumed their position . How great must have been the surprise of an officer who the" C ?™ , 0 SUre ' would have Ied his own tr 00 P fo Pass rivers ' up to VOL . VI . - L I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anecdotes.
Singular Instances Of Pusillanimity
SINGULAR INSTANCES OF PUSILLANIMITY
IN THE POPE ' S SOLDIERS . - A MAN , detected in stealing some stones l ying near a dead Wall -t-A . » b y a patrole of the-Pope ' s soldiers , was desired by them to ' throw away the stories and surrender . The consequence he knew —imprisonment for two three
an or weeks . He rallied the whole party , each abusing the other , till one of the soldiers said , " It does not signify , you must submit , or 1 shall shoot you . " The man with an almost incredible intrepidity , replied , " Fire;—but mark ' snould you miss , you are a dead man . " Whether this intimidated the soldier or not , he levelled his musquet , and actuall y missed fhe forward ht the soldier
man sprung , caug by . the shoulders , dashed his head against the wall , and killed him on the spot . His comrades , in surprize and wonder at the action , ran away ; and the man very composedly walked home . A GERMAN Prince ( I think it was the Elector of Saxony ) some time since being at Rome , was requested bv his Holiness ' s nephews to review the troops
. They were accordingly ordered out ; the Elector gave the word ; bufwhen in the midst of the manuel , upon its beginning to rain , every soldier of them left the field , and ran to shelter . In a short time , the rain being over , they resumed their position . How great must have been the surprise of an officer who the" C ?™ , 0 SUre ' would have Ied his own tr 00 P fo Pass rivers ' up to VOL . VI . - L I