Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 240
of pistols, or small cara-bines, from a soldier, chaffering long about the pricebecause the vender could not supply a particular kindof chopped bullets or slugs which he desired. Beforethe sunset of the following day that soldier had stabbedhimself to the heart, and died despairing, on hearingfor… … A Sergeant of Halber— 214 Leaders of Men going to the dining-room. William the Silent wasdressed upon that day, according to his usual custom,in very plain fashion. He wore a wide-leaved, loosely-shaped hat of dark felt, with a silken cord round thecrown — such as had been worn by the Beggars in…
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