 The word was given, when, without raising his weapon more than a foot above the neck of the condemned, he brought down the heavy blade with a plainly audible thud, and the head dropped instantly into the place prepared for it. We had always fancied ourselves...  Our Life in Japan - 30. oldalszerző: Richard Mounteney Jephson, Edward Pennell Elmhirst - 1869 - 428 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Chambers's journal - 1869 - 880 oldal
...water on the keen blade of his long two-handled sword — now stepped up, and carefully adjusting hie head a little on one side, and in such a position as to hang exactly over the hole in the ground, signed to the officer that all was prepared ; but before the latter would give the signal... | |
 | Geoffrey Abbott - 2006 - 300 oldal
...the keen blade of his sword, now stepped up and carefully adjusted the prisoner's head a little to one side, and in such a position as to hang exactly over the hole prepared to receive it. The word was given when, without raising his weapon more than a foot above the neck of the condemned,... | |
 | Geoffrey Abbott - 2007 - 358 oldal
...the keen blade of his sword, now stepped up and carefully adjusted the prisoner's head a little to one side, and in such a position as to hang exactly over the hole pre/ pared to receive it. The word was given when, without raising his weapon more than a foot above... | |
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