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2010年 3月 23日 (火) 00:25:22 JST
-mannered jest?" My lord merely said to his head miscreant, coolly: "Put up the slaves and sell them!" _Slaves!_ The word had a new sound--and how unspeakably awful! The king lifted his manacles and brought them down with a deadly force; but my lord was out of the way when they arrived. A dozen of the rascal's servants sprang forward, and in a moment we were helpless, with our hands bound behind us. We so loudly and so earnestly proclaimed ourselves freemen, that we got the interested attention of that liberty-mouthing orator and his patriotic crowd, and they gathered about us and assumed a very determined attitude. The orator said: "If, indeed, ye are freemen, ye have nought to fear--the God-given liberties of Britain are about ye for your shield and shelter! (Applause.) Ye shall soon see. Bring forth your proofs." "What proofs?" "Proof that ye are freemen." Ah--I remembered! I came to myself; I said nothing. But the king stormed out: "Thou'rt insane, man. It were better, and more in reason, that this thief and scoundrel here prove that we are _not_ freemen." You see, he knew his own laws just as other people so often know the laws; by words, not by effects. They take a _meaning_, and get to be very vivid, when you come to apply them to yourself. -------------- next part -------------- $B%F%-%9%H7A<00J30$NE:IU%U%!%$%k$rJ]4I$7$^$7$?(B... $B%U%!%$%kL>(B: $BL5$7(B $B7?(B: image/bmp $B%5%$%:(B: 10834 $B%P%$%H(B $B ＠ bL@(B: $BL5$7(B下载
