The Quarterly Review, 73. köideJohn Murray, 1843 |
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Page 249
... execution by the sword without the cer- tainty of dangerous accidents . ' After one execution , the sword will be no longer in a condition to per- form another : being liable to get notched , it is absolutely necessary , if there are ...
... execution by the sword without the cer- tainty of dangerous accidents . ' After one execution , the sword will be no longer in a condition to per- form another : being liable to get notched , it is absolutely necessary , if there are ...
Page 251
... execution by the sword . But the truth , we believe , was that Guillotin's proposition had been smothered by ridicule and by the detected insignificance of the proposer , and no one was desirous of openly associating him- self to this ...
... execution by the sword . But the truth , we believe , was that Guillotin's proposition had been smothered by ridicule and by the detected insignificance of the proposer , and no one was desirous of openly associating him- self to this ...
Page 269
... execution we find about this time is that of old Cazotte , the poet , who - at the age of seventy - four years - had been arrested on account of some private letters of his to La Porte , his old and intimate friend , found in the ...
... execution we find about this time is that of old Cazotte , the poet , who - at the age of seventy - four years - had been arrested on account of some private letters of his to La Porte , his old and intimate friend , found in the ...
Contents
Vaudois 1842 | 3 |
A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William | 27 |
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame | 113 |
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