... follow out that perilous profession—an instance of youthful intrepidity very rare among the order to which be belongs. Mr. Grattan, his History of the Netherlands, states that one of the most violent factions which ever existed any countrv, took place Holland ...

... Netherlands. The trial came on before the Cour at Brussels; when the prisoners were escorted into the Court by two gens-d’armes, and placed on chairs immediately facing the Judges. On the part of the defendants it was urged that the plaintiff had already ...

... who was frequently inebriated whilst performing, and to whose talent John Kemble bad secretly great aversion as a rabid dog has to water, being at rehearsal, was accosted by John Kemble, then stage manager, in the following manner:— Cooke, you were very ...