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" The town was greatly straitened for want of provisions ; a youth, whose father was in the garrison, was accustomed nightly to get into the deep dry moat, climb up the glacis, and put provisions through a hole, where the father stood ready to receive them.... "
Eugene Aram: A Tale - Page 98
by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832
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Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire

Yorkshire (England) - 1858 - 344 pages
...perceived at length ; the soldiers fired on him. He was taken prisoner, and sentenced to be hanged in the sight of the besieged, in order to strike terror into...disgrace was spared the memory of Lilburne and the republinan arms. With great difficulty, a certain lady obtained his respite, and after the conquest...
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Handbook for Travellers in Yorkshire ...

John Murray (Firm) - Yorkshire (England) - 1867 - 644 pages
...soldiers fired on him. He was taken prisoner, and sentenced to be hanged in sight of the besieged . . . Fortunately, however, this disgrace was spared the...departure of the troops the adventurous son was released." — Lord Lytton. The Nidd is here crossed by two bridges. The tourist should take that furthest up...
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Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales: North

John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 602 pages
...render assistance to the garrison. Fortunately, however, the disgrace was spared the memory of Lilburn and the republican arms. With great difficulty, a certain lady obtained his respite; and 2O2 Knaresborough Castle, and Eugene Aram. after the conquest of the place, and departure of the troops,...
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(Lord Lytton's novels).

Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1877 - 472 pages
...heard, by an instance of filial piety. The town was greatly straitened for want of provisions; a yputh, whose father was in the garrison, was accustomed nightly...of the troops, the adventurous son was released." " A fit subject for your local poets," said Walter, whom stories of this sort, from the nature of his...
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The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire

J. A. Erskine Stuart - English literature - 1892 - 236 pages
...Moor, waved the ) Cattle, j<pom i§e Ri By Permission, from Photograph by Messrs. Valent1ne, Dundee. banners of the loyalists against the soldiers of Lilburne....of the troops, the adventurous son was released.' 'A fit subject for your local poets,' said Walter, whom stories of this sort, from the nature of his...
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Picturesque England: Its Landmarks and Historical Haunts, as Described in ...

Laura Valentine - England - 1893 - 576 pages
...those who might be similarly disposed to render assistance to the garrison. Fortunately, however, the disgrace was spared the memory of Lilburne and the...respite ; and after the conquest of the place and departure of the troops, the advei.turous son was released. " The castle, then, once the residence...
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The Novels of Lord Lytton: Eugene Aram

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1897 - 600 pages
...perceived at length ; the soldiers fired on him. He was taken prisoner and sentenced to be hanged in the sight of the besieged, in order to strike terror into...of the troops, the adventurous son was released." " A fit subject for your local poets," said Walter, whom stories of this sort, from the nature of his...
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Handbook for Yorkshire: Including York, Doncaster, Selby, Beverley ..., Volume 3

John Murray (Firm) - Yorkshire (England) - 1904 - 742 pages
...soldiers fired on him. He was taken prisoner, and sentenced to be hanged in sight of the besieged. . . . Fortunately, however, this disgrace was spared the...departure of the troops the adventurous son was released." — Lord Lyttim,. The Nidd is here crossed by two bridges. The tourist should take that highest up...
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