The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 41
... Marteilhe . ' The genuineness of this narrative , which was originally published at Rotterdam in 1757 , and is referred to in several contemporary publications , appears to be beyond question . The work had , however , become extremely ...
... Marteilhe . ' The genuineness of this narrative , which was originally published at Rotterdam in 1757 , and is referred to in several contemporary publications , appears to be beyond question . The work had , however , become extremely ...
Page 42
... Marteilhe's pages . The narrator is a young Frenchman , who from the year 1700 to 1713 , when , through the intervention of our Queen Anne , he and some hundreds of his fellow Protestants were released from bondage , underwent the ...
... Marteilhe's pages . The narrator is a young Frenchman , who from the year 1700 to 1713 , when , through the intervention of our Queen Anne , he and some hundreds of his fellow Protestants were released from bondage , underwent the ...
Page 43
... Marteilhe family . The father was consigned to prison ; two sons and daughters , who were but children , were sent into a convent . The mother alone was left in the house with this gang of ruffians , who inflicted shocking cruelties ...
... Marteilhe family . The father was consigned to prison ; two sons and daughters , who were but children , were sent into a convent . The mother alone was left in the house with this gang of ruffians , who inflicted shocking cruelties ...
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... Marteilhe , as the reward of his conformity , but met with so peremptory a refusal that he at once reported to the authorities that the conversion of the prisoners was hopeless , and that they were ' reprobates under the dominion of the ...
... Marteilhe , as the reward of his conformity , but met with so peremptory a refusal that he at once reported to the authorities that the conversion of the prisoners was hopeless , and that they were ' reprobates under the dominion of the ...
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... Marteilhe , ' that it was well for us that a little rotten straw filled with vermin , on which we lay , was close to the door of our cell , through the grating of which our bread was thrown to us , as if we had been dogs , for had we ...
... Marteilhe , ' that it was well for us that a little rotten straw filled with vermin , on which we lay , was close to the door of our cell , through the grating of which our bread was thrown to us , as if we had been dogs , for had we ...
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