Memoirs and Adventures of Felice Orsini |
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Page 176 - I play'd them one as frank — For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of hun who treasures up a wrong.
Page 73 - ... from his horse and a blow on his head. This gave him all sorts of strange fancies. When I went to take leave of him, he positively told me that he was pregnant! And what do you think he said he was pregnant of? — An elephant! And who do you think he said had produced it? — A French soldier! . . . It was the last time I ever saw him. I went to him; he could hardly speak French, but he said (striking his side) 'Je sens un elephant la!
Page 264 - ... the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and the kingdom of the two Sicilies...
Page 171 - I again pretended to be asleep, and the instant they were gone I rose, and quite calmly proceeded to let myself down by the cord. When within about six yards from the ground I felt I could no longer sustain myself. I looked at the depth below me, and let myself drop. A sort of swoon came over me. I however moistened my mouth with an orange I had the precaution to have upon me, and lay for some moments quiet, to recover myself. I then dressed myself and wandered round and round the castle, seeking...
Page 274 - I have the honour to subscribe myself with the most profound respect, Sir and Gentlemen, your most obedient and humble servant WILLIAM BOLTS BOMBAY Lieut.-Col1 in the service of 24/V4 December 1777. their Jmpl. Majesties.
Page 111 - Listen to your sincere friend's advice — love your country, make sacrifices for her liberation, but do not throw away your life like a fool.
Page 181 - I expected another letter. Is he not only free, but in safety ? Has he passed the frontier ? I again begin to be uneasy.
Page 171 - I had cut away seven of the inside bars and one of the outside ones, where they were fixed into the wall, and from the wall I had extracted eight bricks, which I hid in the straw of my mattress. As for the cord, I had thought of that before. On the 1st February I kept back, without their knowing, the sheets that I ought to have sent away to the wash ; and on the 1st March I kept back the towels, which were as wide as the sheets, and a little longer, and by cutting these into strips I was able, on...
Page 171 - By thus working in the day-time in the intervals of the visits, in twenty-four days I had cut away seven of the inside bars and one of the outside ones, where they were fixed into the wall, and from the wall I had extracted eight bricks, which I hid in the straw of my mattress. As for the cord, I had thought of that before. On the 1st...
Page 25 - ... cause her sorrow, — where there is great cry there is little wool. This is a time of corruption, of material interest, of ambition ; you are used by the Liberal chiefs for their own ends ; they will get the honour, you the blows. Have the fear of God before your eyes. Up to the present time you have caused me much uneasiness. For the future try to render my existence more tranquil. I know every step you take.