 | Women - 1826 - 390 pages
...not one knew perfectly the nature of the crime of which he was accused. One of these prisoners hud been condemned, and was to have suffered on the following...condemned is fastened in a groove, upon a table, on his hack ; suspended above him is a pendulum, the edge of which is sharp, and it is eo constructed as to... | |
 | 1827 - 396 pages
...which he wig : some had been confined three years, some a longer period, and not one knew perfectly the crime of which he was accused. * One of these...him is a Pendulum, the edge of which is sharp, and il is su constructed as to become longer with every movement. The wretch se^s this unplement of destruction... | |
 | George Stokes - Great Britain - 1799 - 364 pages
...suffered on the following day ! His punishment was to be (< Death by the Pendulum" It is inflicted thus : the condemned is fastened in a groove upon a table, on his back; a pendulum is suspended above him, the edge of which is conformity to the commission just noticed ;... | |
 | Protestantism - 1847 - 648 pages
...of which he was accused. " One of these prisoners had been condemned, and was to have been executed ʖ ؝眐E ] su ϱ\ 35 h } q b ; Q K2 E;/ p ڴe05 ) W T... R s Z 6 n h ' ` ޑ܁L I t (s 8 U: | ) d:] ` in.a groove upon a table, on his back — suspended above him is a pendulum, the edge of which is sharp,... | |
 | Charles H. Davie - 1850 - 614 pages
...death by the Pendulum. The method of thus destroying the victim was as follows: — The condemned was fastened in a groove upon a table on his back : suspended above him was a pendulum, the edge of which was sharp; and it was so constructed as to become longer with every... | |
 | Inquisition Tribunal of - 1853 - 220 pages
...Inquisition. Madrid, in the year 1820, which perhaps surpasses all. We give it in his own words: — " The condemned is fastened in a groove, upon a table,...suspended above him is a pendulum, the edge of which i§ sharp, and it is so constructed as to become longer with every movement. The wretch sees this implement... | |
 | 1854 - 738 pages
...observed in Madrid, in the year 1820, w|iich perhaps surpasses all. We give it in his own words ¡ — "The condemned is fastened in a groove, upon a table,...his back ; suspended above him is a pendulum, the edgo of which is sharp, and it is so constructed as to become longer with every movement. The wretch... | |
 | 1850 - 662 pages
...of which he was accused. " One of these prisoners had been condemned, ard was to have been executed on the following day. His punishment was to be death...victim is as follows : The condemned is fastened in a grove upon a table, on his back ; suspended above him is a pendulum, the edge of which is sharp, and... | |
 | Inquisition - 1928 - 710 pages
...described by Juan Antonio Llorente, the great authority for the history of the Spanish Inquisition : The condemned is fastened in a groove upon a table, on his back. Suspended above him is a gigantic pendulum, the ball of which has a sharp edge on the lower part, and the pendulum is so constructed... | |
 | William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - Christianity - 1827 - 822 pages
...tacked to the preface, apropos to nothing, to prepare our appetite, like a Scotch relish. One of the prisoners had been condemned, and was to have suffered...table, on his back ; suspended above him is a pendulum, Uie edge of which is sharp, and it is so constructed as to become longer with every movement. The wretch... | |
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His punishment was to be death by the Pendulum. The method of thus destroying the victim is as follows : — the condemned is fastened in a groove, upon a table, on his back ; suspended above him is a Pendulum, the edge of which is sharp, and it is so... 