The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and Calamities ...Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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4. oldal
... pieces by the scimitar ; when , finding it was impossible for him to save his life , he seized the Moor in his arms , and , springing off the precipice , both were instantly hurled to destruc- tion ; two more of the Jews and one Moor ...
... pieces by the scimitar ; when , finding it was impossible for him to save his life , he seized the Moor in his arms , and , springing off the precipice , both were instantly hurled to destruc- tion ; two more of the Jews and one Moor ...
7. oldal
... pieces of flesh at every stroke ; and when it is ordered to be given with the utmost severity , the ex- ecutioner striking the flank under the ribs , cuts the flesh to the very bowels . It is no wonder that many die of this cruel and ...
... pieces of flesh at every stroke ; and when it is ordered to be given with the utmost severity , the ex- ecutioner striking the flank under the ribs , cuts the flesh to the very bowels . It is no wonder that many die of this cruel and ...
18. oldal
... pieces , cut off the arms and legs , and burnt one of the hands in the fire , cursing her that her bones were so long consum- ing ! saying the fire told no tales . Then she tied the body and head in a brown cloth , and the other parts ...
... pieces , cut off the arms and legs , and burnt one of the hands in the fire , cursing her that her bones were so long consum- ing ! saying the fire told no tales . Then she tied the body and head in a brown cloth , and the other parts ...
19. oldal
... pieces , and said I need not be afraid of her now she was dead , for she would not bite me . This was two or three months after the girl died . I told her , indeed I could not . I was then with her up in the room ; I offered to go out ...
... pieces , and said I need not be afraid of her now she was dead , for she would not bite me . This was two or three months after the girl died . I told her , indeed I could not . I was then with her up in the room ; I offered to go out ...
21. oldal
... pieces of gold in the hand of the Inquisitor to have masses said for his salvation . He represented himself as destitute of employment ; and the Inquisitor after asking a few questions as to his talents , agreed to attach him to the ...
... pieces of gold in the hand of the Inquisitor to have masses said for his salvation . He represented himself as destitute of employment ; and the Inquisitor after asking a few questions as to his talents , agreed to attach him to the ...
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afterwards Anne Askew answered appeared arms arrived attack Bastille Bertioga blood boat body brought Burnbank called captain carried castle chamber commanded concealed confessed continued court cried dead death discovered door dreadful ducats Edgworth effect emperor endeavoured enemy escape execution father feet fell fire Formoso free-booters friends gave gentleman Grand Pre Grivet guard hand head heard honour hope horse hour hundred husband immediately Inquisition instantly killed king lady length Lisbon lived Lord Lord Balmerino louis-d'ors Magdeburg manner master Morgan morning murder never night o'clock obliged officers passed person Pharamond piasters pirates PLAGUE OF LONDON poor Porto Bello Portuguese prisoner punishment Puteoli received returned revenge says seized sent servant ship soldiers soon Spaniards suffered sword taken thing thought thousand threw told took torture Tower Tupinambas wife window woman wounded young
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482. oldal - ... all night. Although happy in having escaped from the Indians, his situation was still dreadful; he was completely naked, under a burning sun ; the soles of his feet were...
481. oldal - ... their traps at night, and took them up early in the morning, remaining concealed during the day. They were examining their traps early one morning, in a creek about six miles from that branch of the Missouri called Jefferson's Fork, and were ascending in a canoe, when they suddenly heard a great noise, resembling the trampling of animals ; but they could not ascertain the fact, as the high perpendicular banks on each side of the river impeded their view. Colter immediately pronounced it to be...
102. oldal - ... aloud, unable to contain himself. I could not hear what he said, but he went backward two or three steps and fell down in a swoon. The buriers ran to him and took him up, and in a little while he came to himself, and they led him away to the...
37. oldal - and said no more, but repeated those words continually, with a voice and countenance full of horror, a swift pace ; and nobody could ever find him to stop or rest, or take any sustenance, at least that ever I could hear of. I met this poor creature several times in the streets, and would have spoke to him, but he would not enter into speech with me or any one else, but held on his dismal cries continually.
258. oldal - My wife, either frozen with fear, or aware of the danger attending any attempt to fly, remained motionless in her place, while the children took refuge in her lap. The cry they uttered attracted my attention, and I hastened towards the door ; but my astonishment may well be conceived, when I found the entrance to it barred in such a way.
102. oldal - ... the buriers immediately gathered about him, supposing he was one of those poor delirious or desperate creatures that used to pretend, as I have said, to bury themselves. He said nothing...
110. oldal - Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch ; it was silent as the house of death ; none but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror.
37. oldal - ... was originally raised by the follies of some people who got money by it, that is to say, by printing predictions and prognostications, I know not; but certain it is, books frighted them terribly; such as Lilly's Almanack, Gadbury's Astrological Predictions, Poor Robin's Almanack, and the like; also several pretended religious books, one entitled, " Come out of Her my People, lest you be partaker of her Plagues "; another called, "Fair Warning"; another, Britain's "Remembrancer," and many such...
110. oldal - The aperture of the den on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks is about two feet square. From thence it descends obliquely fifteen feet; then running horizontally about ten more, it ascends gradually sixteen feet towards its termination.
249. oldal - Jennings, whom they found fast asleep ; his pockets were searched, and from one of them was drawn a purse containing exactly nineteen guineas, which the gentleman identified. Jennings was dragged out of bed and charged with the robbery. He denied it most solemnly ; but the facts having been deposed to on oath by the gentleman and Mr Brunell, he was committed for trial. So strong did the circumstances appear against Jennings, that several of his friends advised him to plead guilty, and throw himself...