The Peoples Gallery Of Engraving Second Series

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ISBN 13 : 9781332852833
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book The People's Gallery of Engravings (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The People's Gallery of Engravings The hour of the spectacle is arrived 3 the arena is cleared; in the surrounding galleries are bright eyes and owing tre'sses 3 and light and tri ing conversation is passing between the gay young donna and. Her gallant companion. Soon a silence ensues; the noble animal is driven to the scene of combat; his cruel opponent is ready, mounted on a fiery steed, with spear or lance in hand, to attack his defenceless victim. The unfortunate creature endeavours to retreat, but in vain. The shouts of the spectators and the anguish of his wounds goad him to madness, and he rushes with redoubled rage against his remorseless enemy, who seizes the opportunity to in ict fresh torture 3 till, at length, from loss of blood, or from some well-directed mortal thrust, the miserable bull expires, and his mangled carcase is dragged forth, to give place to another noble animal, who must, in like manner, suffer, struggle, and die! And this is done in a Christian country - a country which professes a religion whose first moral principles are love, gentleness, and mercy! Happily this barbarous amusement is now excluded from British shores; but though never so prevalent here as it is in Spain, yet it was once sufficientlypractised among us to cause Englishmen to blush for their country. Let us hope, that the day will arrive when the sufferings of any living crea ture shall cease to give pleasure to beings possessing rational and.immortal minds. This, however, can only be when Christian principle shall in uence all hearts. If mothers would see their children generous and humane, let them, in the days of early childhood, sow those seeds of piety, which, as it may be hoped, will spring up and bring forth abundantly the fair fruits of love, justice, and mercy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."