. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . lves to AUSTIN HALL. 231 pull the ropes with the utmost eagerness; and one of thenoblesse ,who was near the criminal, alighted from his horse,that it might be put in the place of one that was tired withpulling. At length, when he had been drawn for a full hourby the[horses without being dismembered, the people, rush-ing on in crowds, threw themselves upon him, and withswords, knives, sticks, and other weapons, they struck, tore^and mangled his limbs, and violently forcing them from t
. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . lves to AUSTIN HALL. 231 pull the ropes with the utmost eagerness; and one of thenoblesse ,who was near the criminal, alighted from his horse,that it might be put in the place of one that was tired withpulling. At length, when he had been drawn for a full hourby the[horses without being dismembered, the people, rush-ing on in crowds, threw themselves upon him, and withswords, knives, sticks, and other weapons, they struck, tore^and mangled his limbs, and violently forcing them from theexecutioner, dragged them through the streets with the great-est rage and burnt them in different parts of the city. From this horrid scene the reader will turn with is, however, well to preserve it, in order to show howcompletely justice may sometimes act the part of a butcher,and forget decency, in the desire to satiate vengeance. Thecase is almost without parallel, and must be regarded as ablot upon the page of history, which neither provocation norpolicy could ever ju^ify. 232 AUSTIN CHAPTER XIV. FRIDAY EVENING. Mr. Austin. This morning I observed you reading,Gerald ; did you light upon anything worth repeating, forour amusement ? Gerald. I was reading an account of some of the actionsof Alexander the Great; and I think his history conveysmany lessons of moral instruction. Mr. Austin, Was there any anecdote which you thoughtparticularly deserving of notice, in that respect ? AUSTIN HALL. 233 Gerald. His conduct in the affair of Clitus shows usvery strikini^ly, the danger of hasty anger. Mr. ».^?.fstin. Relate the circumstances. Gerald. It was Clitus, you know, who saved Alexan-ders life at the battle of the Granicus, by cutting off thehand of a Persian who was aiming a blow at the kingshead with a battle-axe. Alexander was not insensible ofthis claim on his gratitude; but at a later period his characterwas entirely changed. From being temperate, mild, a
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