Standard Fifth Reader: (First-Class Standard Reader) : for Public And ...
Standard Fifth Reader: (First-Class Standard Reader) : for Public And ...
Epes Sargent
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13. As soon as they had reached the presence, " Mauny," says the monarch, " are these the principal inhabitants of Calais?" "They are," says Mauny. "They are not only the principal men of Calais, — they are the principal men of France, my lord, if vir- tue has any share in the act of ennobling." 14. " Were they delivered peaceably ? " asks Ed- ward. " Was there no resistance, no commotion, among the people ? " — "Not in the least, my lord. The peo- ple would all have perished rather than have d...elivered the least of these to your majesty. They are self- delivered, self-devoted ; and come to offer up their in- estimable heads as an ample equivalent for the ransom of thousands." 15. Edward was secretly piqued at this reply of ^ir Walter ; but he knew the privilege of a British subject, and suppressed his resentment. "Experience," says 208 SABGENT'S NEW FIFTH READER. he, " has ever shown that lenity only serves to invito people to new crimes. Severity, at times, is indis- pensably necessary to compel subjects to submission, by punishment and example.
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