Echoes Old and New With Eight Illustrations (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Echoes Old and New: With Eight Illustrations The insurrection, which was accompanied by fire and outrage, meanwhile got worse and worse. The insurgents, after overcoming the efforts of a company of soldiers, placed for the protection of an important post, possessed themselves of the steeple and church of St. Lorenzo, which com manded the city. Masaniello and his successors, in their stormy exultation at heading the people, made use of the great bell of that church as a tocsin or alarm. Long afterwards the Duke of Arcos was wont to say that he never heard it toll without thinking of the judgment pea]. 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.