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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. 1833 Excerpt: ... before long, equally heard no more. CHAPTER III. Whilst these things were going on, the solitude of Jackson's dungeon had been broken in upon by a messenger, who came, not indeed to set him fcee, but to conduct him, under an escort, to his barrack-room, that he might undergo the usual examination, and be disposed of accordingly. In him, the intelligence which so deeply affected all besides, excited no visible emotion. He followed his conductor in silence; stood in silence to undergo the scrutiny of the inspector, and being commanded to put his kit in order for marching at on early hour on the morrow, ho did so without giving utterance to a remark. That done, he permitted himself to be quietly led back again to the place of his confinement, where he spent the remainder of the night, as he hat! spent its commencement, watchful, restless, and uneasy. It is not necessary that I should enter into any minute detail of the events which immediately followed. At an early hour on the morrow, the bugle summoned us to our stations, which were assumed amidst the commingling of joy and sorrow usual on such occasions; and the line ot'march being formed, the band struck up, and the regiment pushed forward. In rear of the column, a prisoner and surrounded by a guard, moved Jackson. His arms, which he was not permitted to carry, were borne upon one of the baggage wagons, and even liis parade jacket and regimental cap wore denied him. Yet neither the disguise of a prisoner's dress, nor the galling appendage of manacled wrists, could rob him of that bold and haughty air which he had on all occasions maintained. Even now, indeed, with every external mark of dcgration about him, it was impossible to behold him without a sense of involuntary respect. Not a murmur nor complaint p...
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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. 1833 Excerpt: ... before long, equally heard no more. CHAPTER III. Whilst these things were going on, the solitude of Jackson's dungeon had been broken in upon by a messenger, who came, not indeed to set him fcee, but to conduct him, under an escort, to his barrack-room, that he might undergo the usual examination, and be disposed of accordingly. In him, the intelligence which so deeply affected all besides, excited no visible emotion. He followed his conductor in silence; stood in silence to undergo the scrutiny of the inspector, and being commanded to put his kit in order for marching at on early hour on the morrow, ho did so without giving utterance to a remark. That done, he permitted himself to be quietly led back again to the place of his confinement, where he spent the remainder of the night, as he hat! spent its commencement, watchful, restless, and uneasy. It is not necessary that I should enter into any minute detail of the events which immediately followed. At an early hour on the morrow, the bugle summoned us to our stations, which were assumed amidst the commingling of joy and sorrow usual on such occasions; and the line ot'march being formed, the band struck up, and the regiment pushed forward. In rear of the column, a prisoner and surrounded by a guard, moved Jackson. His arms, which he was not permitted to carry, were borne upon one of the baggage wagons, and even liis parade jacket and regimental cap wore denied him. Yet neither the disguise of a prisoner's dress, nor the galling appendage of manacled wrists, could rob him of that bold and haughty air which he had on all occasions maintained. Even now, indeed, with every external mark of dcgration about him, it was impossible to behold him without a sense of involuntary respect. Not a murmur nor complaint p...
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- Erscheinungsdatum2012
- ISBN 10 1159451672
- ISBN 13 9781159451677
- EinbandTapa blanda
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten800
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