. The New England magazine. ep respectful stay:Here lies the Sage of Science gray Entombed in Leeuwenhoek. I have said that the tower of the DELFT AND DELFT WARE. 139 Oude Kerk was built cen-turies before the main patof the church; and this isseen in its leaning overthe canal. Though the ac-cident is probably clue tothe sinking of the groundbeneath, the cause of theleaning was unknown evenin the sixteenth century,and architects of that timewere convinced that it hadbeen built so purposely, tomake it curious—like thetower of Pisa! Historicallythere is much of interestassociated with this hugeol
. The New England magazine. ep respectful stay:Here lies the Sage of Science gray Entombed in Leeuwenhoek. I have said that the tower of the DELFT AND DELFT WARE. 139 Oude Kerk was built cen-turies before the main patof the church; and this isseen in its leaning overthe canal. Though the ac-cident is probably clue tothe sinking of the groundbeneath, the cause of theleaning was unknown evenin the sixteenth century,and architects of that timewere convinced that it hadbeen built so purposely, tomake it curious—like thetower of Pisa! Historicallythere is much of interestassociated with this hugeold tower. Perhaps themost important singleevent was the imprison-ment here and the torturefor several days of Bal-thazar Gerard, the assassinof the Prince of Gerard was cap-tured he was taken to alittle cell still preserved farup in the tower, but notshown to the public; andfrom there, three days afterthe murder, he was led out to the mar-ket place, in front of the City Hall,which looks to-day much as it did in.
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