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Samuel Warren,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ History~~ General The-Merchants-Clerk-Other-Tales~~Samuel-Warren General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BRACELETS. A SKETCH FEOM THE HERMAN. It was late on the evening of a gloomy and bitter day in December, about the middle of the seventeenth century, that Carl Koecker, a student of Goettingen University, having sipped his last cup of coffee, was sitting thoughtfully in his room, with his feet crossed and resting on the fender of his little fireplace. His eyes were fixed on the fire, which crackled and blazed briskly, throwing a cheerful lustre over his snug study. All the tools of scholar craft lay about him. On a table by his side lay open various volumes of classic and metaphysic lore, which showed evident marks of service, being much thumbed and fingered; sundry note books, filled with memoranda of the day's studies, and a case of mathematical instruments. Two sides of the chamber were lined with well-filled book shelves; on one side was the window, and the corresponding one was occupied by a large dusky picture of Martin Luther. All was silent as the most studious German could desire; for the stillness was, so to speak, but The subtle schemes-resorted to by the Inquisition for the detection and seizure of its victims, are too well known for an intelligent reader to charge any portions of the ensuing narrative with improbability or exaggeration. In a word?all that the wit and power of devil can devise and execute, may wellnigh be believed of the mem ben of that execrable institution. enhanced by the whispered tickings of an oldfash- ioned family watch, suspended over the mantelpiece. As for Carl himself, he was of " goodly look and stature." His shirt neck lay open, with the spotless collar turned down on each side; his right hand lay in his bosom, and his left, leaning on the table, supported his " learning-laden" head. His brow was furrowed with thoughtful a...<