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Article ESSAY ON FRIENDSHIP. ← Page 3 of 3 Article SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A MAYOR OF ARUNDEL. Page 1 of 1 Article ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD. Page 1 of 1
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Essay On Friendship.
• seen amidst them , within its sacred circuit . It was in this situation of things that the now successful soldier saw his former friend , upon the battlements of the hig hest tower , looking round with horror , and j-tsst ready to be consumed with flames . All his former tenderness now returned ; be saw the man of his bosom just going to perish ; andunable to withstand the impulsehe ran spreading his arms
, , , atrd crying out to his friend , to leap down from the top , and find safety with him . The Centurion ( from above ) heard and obeyed , and , . casting himself from the top of the tower into his fellow-soldier ' s arms , both fell a sacrifice on the spot ; one being crushed to death by the weight of his companion , and the other dashed to pieces by the greatness of his fall . "
Spirited Conduct Of A Mayor Of Arundel.
SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A MAYOR OF ARUNDEL .
Anecdote Of William The Third.
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD .
LORD Molesworth , who had been Ambassador at the Court of Copenhagen , published , at the end ofthe last century , an esteem--ed work , entitled , " An Account of Denmark . " This writer spoke of the arbitrary government of that kingdom , with that freedom which fhe liberty of England inspired . The king of Denmark then reigning was offended at some reflections of the author , and ordered his
minister to complain of them to William III . king of England . " What would you have me do ?'" said William . " Sire , " replied the Danish minister , " if you had complained to the king , my master , of such an offence , he would have sent you the head of the author . ' " That is what I neither will nor can do , " replied the king ; " but if you desire it , the author shall put whatyou have told me into the second edition of his work . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Essay On Friendship.
• seen amidst them , within its sacred circuit . It was in this situation of things that the now successful soldier saw his former friend , upon the battlements of the hig hest tower , looking round with horror , and j-tsst ready to be consumed with flames . All his former tenderness now returned ; be saw the man of his bosom just going to perish ; andunable to withstand the impulsehe ran spreading his arms
, , , atrd crying out to his friend , to leap down from the top , and find safety with him . The Centurion ( from above ) heard and obeyed , and , . casting himself from the top of the tower into his fellow-soldier ' s arms , both fell a sacrifice on the spot ; one being crushed to death by the weight of his companion , and the other dashed to pieces by the greatness of his fall . "
Spirited Conduct Of A Mayor Of Arundel.
SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A MAYOR OF ARUNDEL .
Anecdote Of William The Third.
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD .
LORD Molesworth , who had been Ambassador at the Court of Copenhagen , published , at the end ofthe last century , an esteem--ed work , entitled , " An Account of Denmark . " This writer spoke of the arbitrary government of that kingdom , with that freedom which fhe liberty of England inspired . The king of Denmark then reigning was offended at some reflections of the author , and ordered his
minister to complain of them to William III . king of England . " What would you have me do ?'" said William . " Sire , " replied the Danish minister , " if you had complained to the king , my master , of such an offence , he would have sent you the head of the author . ' " That is what I neither will nor can do , " replied the king ; " but if you desire it , the author shall put whatyou have told me into the second edition of his work . "