A book of golden deeds of all times and all lands / gathered and narrated by the author of "The heir of Redclyffe" ; illustrated by L. Frölich.

  • Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901.
Date:
1870
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A book of golden deeds of all times and all lands / gathered and narrated by the author of "The heir of Redclyffe" ; illustrated by L. Frölich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    of St. Genevieve, the Letter of Gertrude von der Wart, the stories of the Keys of Calais, of the Dragon of Rhodes, and we fear we must add, both Nelson’s plan of the battle of the Nile, and likewise the exact form of the heroism of young Casabianca, of which no two accounts agree. But it was not possible to give up such stories as these, and the' thread of truth there must be in them has developed into such a beautiful tissue, that even if unsubstantial when tested, it is surely delightful to contemplate. Some stories have been passed over as too devoid of foundation, in especial that of young Henri, Duke of Nemours, who, at ten years old, was said to have been hung up with his little brother of eight in one of Louis XI.’s cages at Loches, with orders that two of the children’s teeth should daily be pulled out and brought to the king. The elder child was said to have insisted on giving the whole supply of teeth, so as to save his brother; but though they were cer- tainly imprisoned after their father’s execution, they were released after Louis’s death in a condition which disproves this atrocity. The Indian mutiny might likewise have supplied glorious instances of Christian self-devotion, but want of materials has compelled us to stop short of recording