 | 1849 - 700 pagine
...the street; and in a dark night, " clinging to it by his hands and feet, and sliding himself along from knot to knot above the heads of the sentinels,...street, and found himself in the arms of his wife, and by the cradle of his infant son." The prisoner, having thus a door of escape for a time of need, returned... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pagine
...the bars of the cell ; then the prisoner glided along tho rope, above the heads of the sentinels — crossed the street, and found himself in the arms of his wife and beside the cradle of his child. From time to time, when the night was dark, the knotted cord would glide from window to window, and... | |
 | 1854 - 428 pagine
...end to the bars of the cell ; then summoning up all his courage, the prisoner glided along the rope, above the heads of the sentinels ; he crossed the...arms of his wife and beside the cradle of -his child. Such an adventure required the hero's courage and the philosopher's caution, and none but those who... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pagine
...end to the bars of the cell ; then, summoning up all his courage, the prisoner glided along the rope, above the heads of the sentinels ; he crossed the...arms of his wife and beside the cradle of his child. Such an adventure required the hero's courage and the philosopher's caution, and none but those who... | |
 | 1881 - 426 pagine
...to the bars of the cell. Then the prisoner glided along the rope, above the heads of the sentinels, crossed the street, and found himself in the arms of his wife and beside the cradle of his child. From time to time, when the night was dark, the knotted cord would glide from window to window, and... | |
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... when there was no moonlight, a stout cord was fastened to the thread and transmitted to the prisoner. The rope was firmly fastened on the one end to a beam in the garret of the lady, and the other end to the bars of the cell ; then... 