The Continental Annual And Romantic Cabinet With Illustrations By Samuel Prout
The Continental Annual And Romantic Cabinet With Illustrations By Samuel Prout
Samuel Prout
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Several officers and many soldiers, as they passed, threw their contributions into the cap, and each donation was acknowledged in the same un- intelligible howl. At length, a well-mounted officer of rank, in whom I recognized the Count de Lobau, approached so near the ancient beggar, that I expected every moment to see him trampled under the hoofs of the fiery charger. Fixing his hat more firmly on his head, the count turned hastily to an aid-de-camp, and in a stern voice, exclaimed, " Who is t...hat man, Larive ? " The group of mounted officers behind him reined 144 THE SPY. in their impatient steeds, and I began to tremble for my own safety as well as for that of my fellow-lodger, when, to my inexpressible relief, a black -bearded veteran sapper, marching with shouldered axe out of the ranks, carelessly answered, " 'Tis only a poor dumb maniac, well known in Dresden. They call him " St. Peter the Fisherman. " The Marshal and his suite proceeded, and the battalions continued to defile over the bridge, not, however, with the bounding step and gaiete de cceur displayed by the the French soldiery in the brighter days of Napoleon, but in unbroken silence and evident discouragement.
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