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"Doomed doomed doomed!" shrieked Schriften, running up and down the deck, and then breaking into a wild fit of laughter. "Touch not the letters," said the captain, trembling as if in an ague fit. Philip made no reply, but held his hand out for the letters. "Here is one from our second mate, to his wife at Amsterdam, who lives on Waser Quay."
In 1792, Lavater and Fuszli were banished Zurich for venturing to complain of the arbitrary conduct of one of the provincial governors; in 1779, a curate named Waser, a man of talent and a foe to the aristocracy, was beheaded on a false charge of falsifying the archives; in 1794, the oppressed peasantry of Lucerne revolted against the aristocracy; in the same year, the peasantry in Schwyz, roused by the insolence of the French recruiting officers, revolted, and, in the public provincial assembly, enforced the recall of all the people of Schwyz in the French service, besides imposing a heavy fine upon General Reding on his return.
"Waser Quay has long been gone, my good friend; there is now a large dock for ships where it once was," replied Philip. "Impossible!" replied the man; "here is another from the boatswain to his father, who lives in the old market-place." "The old market-place has long been pulled down, and there now stands a church upon the spot."
"Waser Quay has long been gone, my good friend; there is now a large dock for ships where it once was," replied Philip. "Impossible!" replied the man; "here is another from the boatswain to his father, who lives in the old market-place." "The old market-place has long been pulled down, and there now stands a church upon the spot."
"Doomed doomed doomed!" shrieked Schriften, running up and down the deck, and then breaking into a wild fit of laughter. "Touch not the letters," said the captain, trembling as if in an ague fit. Philip made no reply, but held his hand out for the letters. "Here is one from our second mate to his wife at Amsterdam who lives on Waser Quay."
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