The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and Calamities ...Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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2. oldal
... says , in a letter of the 12th of June , 1531 , addressed to the general chapter of his order , that , in that capital alone , there were above 20,000 victims annually sacri- ficed ; and other authors say that 50,000 were annually ...
... says , in a letter of the 12th of June , 1531 , addressed to the general chapter of his order , that , in that capital alone , there were above 20,000 victims annually sacri- ficed ; and other authors say that 50,000 were annually ...
10. oldal
... say , before a higher tribunal , and a more discerning judge than your lordship , which is only in heaven I did not take the advantage to kill Mr. Sayer , by the thought or apprehension that I could do it under the umbrage of the laws ...
... say , before a higher tribunal , and a more discerning judge than your lordship , which is only in heaven I did not take the advantage to kill Mr. Sayer , by the thought or apprehension that I could do it under the umbrage of the laws ...
16. oldal
... say monks , in a vow of penance , have had themselves walled up , and only a little window left , at which they received daily their bread and water , and there remained until their deaths in one of the cells are twelve masons who built ...
... say monks , in a vow of penance , have had themselves walled up , and only a little window left , at which they received daily their bread and water , and there remained until their deaths in one of the cells are twelve masons who built ...
23. oldal
... says , " That about the places where he was , were seen great numbers of people suspended on trees ; and other neighbouring houses , full of prisoners , which were often heard , both by day and night , to cry out through the torments ...
... says , " That about the places where he was , were seen great numbers of people suspended on trees ; and other neighbouring houses , full of prisoners , which were often heard , both by day and night , to cry out through the torments ...
24. oldal
... says , that they were burnt in the forehead , and whipped , their clothes being cut up to their waists , and in that condition , in the midst of winter , turned out of the city , and every body forbad to shew them the least pity , and ...
... says , that they were burnt in the forehead , and whipped , their clothes being cut up to their waists , and in that condition , in the midst of winter , turned out of the city , and every body forbad to shew them the least pity , and ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
617. oldal - To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless where all around is gay ; to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow. After strolling through the splendid rooms and giddy crowd with an air of utter abstraction...
617. oldal - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless where all around is gay ; to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
506. oldal - AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
617. oldal - 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.
616. oldal - 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...
269. oldal - Donee eris felix multos numerabis amicos: Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.
616. oldal - ... 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.
321. oldal - 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.
639. oldal - ... 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...
616. oldal - 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.