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Chapter 22

           ThewholeappearanceofthedungeonmighthaveappalledastouterheartthanthatofIsaac,who,nevertheless,wasmorecomposedundertheimminentpressureofdanger,thanhehadseemedtobewhileaffectedbyterrors,ofwhichthecausewasasyetremoteandcontingent.Theloversofthechasesaythattheharefeelsmoreagonyduringthepursuitofthegreyhounds,thanwhensheisstrugglingintheirfangs.

           Andthusitisprobable,thattheJews,bytheveryfrequencyoftheirfearonalloccasions,hadtheirmindsinsomedegreepreparedforeveryeffortoftyrannywhichcouldbepractiseduponthem;sothatnoaggression,whenithadtakenplace,couldbringwithitthatsurprisewhichisthemostdisablingqualityofterror.NeitherwasitthefirsttimethatIsaachadbeenplacedincircumstancessodangerous.Hehadthereforeexperiencetoguidehim,aswellashope,thathemightagain,asformerly,bedeliveredasapreyfromthefowler.Aboveall,hehaduponhissidetheunyieldingobstinacyofhisnation,andthatunbendingresolution,withwhichIsraeliteshavebeenfrequentlyknowntosubmittotheuttermostevilswhichpowerandviolencecaninflictuponthem,ratherthangratifytheiroppressorsbygrantingtheirdemands.

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