This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...to the prisoners till they are condemned!' Selwyn, who was fond of keeping memorials of capital trials and executions at which he was present, begged Sir William Saunderson to get him the High Steward's wand, after it was broken, when the trials were over. When that time came, Selwyn had no longer a fancy for the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...to the prisoners till they are condemned!' Selwyn, who was fond of keeping memorials of capital trials and executions at which he was present, begged Sir William Saunderson to get him the High Steward's wand, after it was broken, when the trials were over. When that time came, Selwyn had no longer a fancy for the fragments. Lord Hardwicke, he said, behaved so like an attorney the first day, and so like a pettifogger the 204 KILMARNOCK'S PRINCIPLES. second, that he wouldn't take it to light his tire with. Walpole gives an illustration of the foreign idea which found expression in the hall, in which he seems to have discerned some wit, which might escape the detection of less acute personages. One foreign ambassador, addressing another, said, 'Vraiment, cela est auguste.' 'Oui, ' replied the other, 'mais cela n'est pas royal!' There was something about both lords which diminishes in a certain degree our pity for them. Kilmarnock and Balmerino were both brave men, each in his way. The first had a terror of death, but heroically concealed it. The latter had nothing to conceal, for he was insensible to fear. But both were void of lofty principles. Kilmarnock childishly pleaded that his poverty and not his will drove him to join the young Prince Charles Edward. This plea was put forth in his apologetic speech, as well as in private. 'My lord, ' he said to the Duke of Argyle, who had expressed his sorrow at seeing Lord Kilmarnock in such an unhappy condition, 'for the two kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving; and by God, if Mahomet had set up his standard in the Highlands, I had been a good Mussulman for bread, and stuck close to the party, for I must eat!' This poor hungry and noble Scot was not nice as to the company w.
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Good. Hardcover. Bound in publishers maroon cloth. Gilt spine. Good binding and cover. Volume spine rebacked with original spine. Rear hinge cracked to Vol. II. Bookplate. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
