danvilliers

Updated: May 22, 2025

Nay, more; he had been blown up in a fortress the castle of Danvilliers in Luxembourg, of which he was governor where all perished save his wife and himself, and, when they came to dig among the ruins, they excavated at last the ancient couple, protected by the framework of a window in the embrasure of which they had been seated, without a scratch or a bruise.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1595

Nay, more; he had been blown up in a fortress the castle of Danvilliers in Luxembourg, of which he was governor where all perished save his wife and himself, and, when they came to dig among the ruins, they excavated at last the ancient couple, protected by the framework of a window in the embrasure of which they had been seated, without a scratch or a bruise.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

Nay, more; he had been blown up in a fortress the castle of Danvilliers in Luxembourg, of which he was governor where all perished save his wife and himself, and, when they came to dig among the ruins, they excavated at last the ancient couple, protected by the framework of a window in the embrasure of which they had been seated, without a scratch or a bruise.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete

Nay, more; he had been blown up in a fortress the castle of Danvilliers in Luxembourg, of which he was governor where all perished save his wife and himself, and, when they came to dig among the ruins, they excavated at last the ancient couple, protected by the framework of a window in the embrasure of which they had been seated, without a scratch or a bruise.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)