| Horace Marryat - 1860 - 476 páginas
...consents ; the peasant causes two lofty hillocks of sand to be erected, and then cutting the chains lets the bells fall down gently, one after the other. The...the place of the bells." So he strung him up to the church-tower. One bell arrived in Jutland safe, and was hung up in the tower of Thim church ; but the... | |
| Henry Thomas Ellacombe - 1872 - 430 páginas
...down gently, one after another. The plan succeeded, and the man claims his reward. 'Yes,' answered Gyldenstierne, 'I will perform my promise, and provide...So he strung him up to -the Church tower. One bell arrived in Jutland safe, and was hung up in the tower of Thim Church ; but the second came to grief,... | |
| Mary Jane Taber - 1912 - 208 páginas
...uninjured. Then the man claimed his reward, but received this answer, "Yes, I will perform my promise to provide handsomely for your wife and children, but...yourself,— a traitor to your country — you shall hang in the tower in place of the bells." Tradition recounts that a foraging party of mosstrooping... | |
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