The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and Calamities ...Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... door against him . He had been well educated , and articled to an attorney of eminence in New Inn , in which he afterwards took chambers for himself ; but he had not been in any con- siderable degree of practice when he was introduced ...
... door against him . He had been well educated , and articled to an attorney of eminence in New Inn , in which he afterwards took chambers for himself ; but he had not been in any con- siderable degree of practice when he was introduced ...
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... door was no sooner open than Noble drew his sword , and stabbing Sayer in the left breast , he died on the spot . The constables immediately apprehended the murderer and the two women ; but the latter were so abandoned , that while the ...
... door was no sooner open than Noble drew his sword , and stabbing Sayer in the left breast , he died on the spot . The constables immediately apprehended the murderer and the two women ; but the latter were so abandoned , that while the ...
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... door , and then bolted and padlocked the back door , which was glazed , and began to fasten the shutters belonging to it , designing only to screen myself from the violence of the tumult . When he broke open the door , and not till then ...
... door , and then bolted and padlocked the back door , which was glazed , and began to fasten the shutters belonging to it , designing only to screen myself from the violence of the tumult . When he broke open the door , and not till then ...
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... door simultaneously and confused . their way over the bodies of their comrades ; some succeeded in getting out , but for an instant there was a general heap of flesh sprawling at the entrance of the apartment . Here was a colonel ...
... door simultaneously and confused . their way over the bodies of their comrades ; some succeeded in getting out , but for an instant there was a general heap of flesh sprawling at the entrance of the apartment . Here was a colonel ...
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... door , she turned round , as if to gaze once more on the object of her widowed love . He caught her eye as she retired - it was but for a moment , the dungeon door swung back again on its rusty hinges , and as it closed sullenly after ...
... door , she turned round , as if to gaze once more on the object of her widowed love . He caught her eye as she retired - it was but for a moment , the dungeon door swung back again on its rusty hinges , and as it closed sullenly after ...
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Страница 617 - In a word, he at length succeeded in gaining her hand, though with the solemn assurance, that her heart was unalterably another's. He took her with him to Sicily, hoping that a change of scene might wear out the remembrance of early woes. She was an amiable and exemplary wife, and made an effort to be a happy one; but nothing could cure the silent and devouring melancholy that had entered into her very soul.
Страница 616 - When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him; when blasted in fortune, and disgrace and danger darkened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his very sufferings. If, then, his fate could awaken the sympathy even of his foes, what must have been the agony of her, whose whole soul was occupied by his image? Let those tell who have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed between them and the being they most loved on earth — who have sat at its threshold, as one shut out...
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Страница 616 - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister.
Страница 321 - Towards evening the men in the hindmost canoes discovered a brown bear lying in the open grounds about three hundred paces from the river. Six Of them, all good hunters, immediately went to attack him ; and concealing themselves by a small eminence, came unperceived within forty paces of him ; four of the hunters now fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of them directly through the lungs.
Страница 639 - ... irons, till they were dead. The third unhappy victim was reserved a few hours longer, to be, if possible, sacrificed in a more cruel manner; his arms were tied close to his body, and a hole being dug, deep enough for him to stand upright, he was put...
Страница 616 - E , the Irish patriot ; it was too touching to be soon forgotten. During the troubles in Ireland he was tried, condemned, and executed, on a charge of treason. His fate made a deep impression on public sympathy. He was so young — so intelligent — so generous — so brave — so every thing that we are apt to like in a young man.