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Excerpt from Numantia: A Tragedy
The hero OF khartoum, the modern paladin, our christian theogenes, whose sublime faith, fortitude, and self-sacrifice, matchless IN these times, have made his name sacred IN every household, the translator humbly dedicates this english version OF one OF the saddest tragedies ever penned; which nevertheless IS instinct with that tragic pain which purifies the soul, and incites To such deeds OF self-devotion AS distin guished the hero, whose loss britain mourns this day with A peculiar sor row, not unmixed with shame.
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