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" The captives were carried in triumph to the Convention, who, without admitting them to the bar, ordered them, as outlaws, for instant execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed... "
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Page 249
by Walter Scott - 1835
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The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1827 - 532 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...executioner tore it off, added to the torture of the sufl'crer. The shattered jaw dropped, and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spcctators.t...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 97, Part 2; Volumes 141-142

Early English newspapers - 1827 - 796 pages
...terribly fracture of the under jaw, was dragged to the guillotine amidst the execrations of the mob. The nature of his previous wound, from which the cloth...dropped, and the wretch yelled aloud to the horror of the spectators. A masque taken from that dreadful head was long exhibited in different nations of Europe,...
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The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volume 2

Walter Scott - France - 1827 - 424 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...road. The nature of his previous wound, from which * It did not escape the minute observers of this scene, that he still htld in bis hand the bag which...
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 374 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectators. A masque taken from that dreadful head was long exhibited in different nations of Europe,...
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The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine

1832 - 1000 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectators. A masque taken from that dreadful head was long exhihited in the different nations of Europe,...
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The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Keith - Bible - 1832 - 392 pages
...the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with excrations from the friends and relatives of victims whom he...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectators. A masque taken from that dreadful head was long exhibited in different nations of Europe,...
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The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1832 - 1094 pages
...and relative* of victim* whom be had sent on the вате melancholy road. The nature of hi* previou* wound, from which the cloth had never been removed...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectator».* A masque taken from that dreadful head wa* long exhibited in different nation* of Кагоре,...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 474 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, 1 were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectators. 8 A mask taken from that dreadful head was long exhibited in different nations of Europe,...
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The Life of Napoleon, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1836 - 518 pages
...especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with eiecrations from the friends and relatives of victims whom ho had sent on the same melancholy road. The nature of...had never been removed till the executioner tore it nil", added to the torture of the sufferer. The shattered jaw dropped, and the wretch yelled aloud,...
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pt. III. From the peace of Paris in 1763 to the treaty of Amiens in 1802. pt ...

William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 696 pages
...execution. As the fatal cars passed to the, guillotine, those who filled them, but especially Robespierre, were overwhelmed with execrations from the friends...and the wretch yelled aloud, to the horror of the spectators* A mask taken from that dreadful head was long exhibited in different nations of Europe,...
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