The Captives
The Captives
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" When I went to kiss the Dey's hand, my foot slipped on the marble pavement. "Can you not stand?" said the Dey. "Yes, but the weight of your Excellency's proposal made me stumble. " I was informed afterwards that the Dey laughed heartily at this reply, and told it to his Ministers after peace was concluded. I took the Dey's first proposals to Mr. Donaldson, amounting to the enormous sum of 2, 247, 000 and two Frigates of thirty-five guns each for peace, an annuity of stores to the value of I2,... 00C sequins and Ambassadors, Consular and bi-ennial presents, such as are given by Sweden, Denmark and Holland. Donaldson was in despair. He said he had done wrong to come to Algiers at all; that any offer that he could make would be an insult to the Dey; and that he therefore would not make any. Messrs. Skjoldebrand, O'Brien, and myself endeavord to persuade him to make some proposal to the Dey, be it ever so small, and that Cathcart would take the risk upon himself to take it to the Dey. I answered that as I had the Dey's orders to bring him an answer; it would be IJ4 THE CAPTIVES.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" When I went to kiss the Dey's hand, my foot slipped on the marble pavement. "Can you not stand?" said the Dey. "Yes, but the weight of your Excellency's proposal made me stumble. " I was informed afterwards that the Dey laughed heartily at this reply, and told it to his Ministers after peace was concluded. I took the Dey's first proposals to Mr. Donaldson, amounting to the enormous sum of 2, 247, 000 and two Frigates of thirty-five guns each for peace, an annuity of stores to the value of I2,... 00C sequins and Ambassadors, Consular and bi-ennial presents, such as are given by Sweden, Denmark and Holland. Donaldson was in despair. He said he had done wrong to come to Algiers at all; that any offer that he could make would be an insult to the Dey; and that he therefore would not make any. Messrs. Skjoldebrand, O'Brien, and myself endeavord to persuade him to make some proposal to the Dey, be it ever so small, and that Cathcart would take the risk upon himself to take it to the Dey. I answered that as I had the Dey's orders to bring him an answer; it would be IJ4 THE CAPTIVES.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by James L James Leander Cathcart to read onlineMoreLess
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