Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 130
es and pre«ceded by couriers ! In these modern times such a spectacle COURIERS OF THE ARISTOCRACY. 127 could only awaken feelings of strong surprise, as at somefantastic pageant passing before him. In front of thecarriage ran an old man, seventy years of age, six feet high,and as nimble as a stag.… … English Running Footman. (From an old Sign-board.) feathers, and Htde bells hung from his leathern girdle. Nearhim ran his two sons, fine tall young men, dressed like theirfather. In the evening when the king feasted in public—asis the ridiculous custom in that country—the old man stoodimmediately…
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