The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . He had stood trembling, stuttering, callingfor his confessor, while the old officers round him, with tears in theireyes, urged him to advance. During a short time the disgrace of theson was concealed from the father. But the silence of Villeroy showedthat there was a secret : the pleasantries of the Dutch gazettes soonelucidated the mystery ; and Lewis learned, if not the whole truth, yetenough to make him miserable. Never during his long reign had hebeen so moved. During some hours his gloomy irritability kept his Vaudemonts Des
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . He had stood trembling, stuttering, callingfor his confessor, while the old officers round him, with tears in theireyes, urged him to advance. During a short time the disgrace of theson was concealed from the father. But the silence of Villeroy showedthat there was a secret : the pleasantries of the Dutch gazettes soonelucidated the mystery ; and Lewis learned, if not the whole truth, yetenough to make him miserable. Never during his long reign had hebeen so moved. During some hours his gloomy irritability kept his Vaudemonts Despatch and Williams Answer are in the Monthly Mercury for July {iJciificrr^arouvon CotHOBN CcticralJ^urciiaiityen (Icii^rtujleiic imdi^JnfriiitcricCcficniKDirectoryon acj^biU ^ fiaiticn acrcrtljcnrnL/cncJXilotaarcn dcirn ycriinujni{J\ic acr\iuii\c\i CjOuirriicur unaCciUralJunircnatitm acnai ycjhnqc yoii{hi(inacrn an (Ur^cliclac iiiui in ^Srahiinl. MENNO, BARON VON COEHORNFrom a Dutch engraving in the Sutherland Collection 25:4 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xxi servants, his courtiers, even his priests, in terror. He so far forgot thegrace and ch>;nity for which he w as renowned throughout the world that,in the sight of all the s[)lendid crowd of gentlemen and ladies who cameto see him dine at Marli, he broke a cane on the shoulders of a lacquey,and pursued the poor man with the handle. The siege of Namur mean\\hile was vigorousK pressed by the scientific part of their operations was under the direction of Cohorn,who was spurred by emulation to exert his utmost skill. He had suffered,three years before, the mortification of seeing the tow
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