 ... the axe behind himself. At last the Earl knelt down, with a visible unwillingness to depart, and after five minutes dropped his handkerchief, the signal, and his head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Стр. 438редактор(ы): - 1833Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - Страниц: 450
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...was immediately new-strewed with saw-dust, the block new covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading... | |
 | 1833 - Страниц: 460
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a hit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...used to be the custom. "The scaffold was immediately uewstrewed with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new dressed, and a new axe brought.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - Страниц: 436
...and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it upiind put it into the coffin with the body; orders having...was immediately new-strewed with saw-dust, the block new covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading... | |
 | 1834 - Страниц: 724
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth, by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up,...orders having been given not to expose the heads, as nsed to be the custom. The scaffold was immediately new strewed with sawdust, the block new covered,... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 342
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general. As... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - Страниц: 522
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general. As... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - Страниц: 618
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general. As... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1841 - Страниц: 338
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general As... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - Страниц: 592
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general. As... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - Страниц: 596
...head was cut off at once, only hanging by a bit of skin, and was received in a scarlet cloth by four of the undertaker's men kneeling, who wrapped it up...with saw-dust, the block new-covered, the executioner new-dressed, and a new axe brought. Then came old Balmerino, treading with the air of a general. As... | |
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