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Page 6
... blood , or put their lives in danger . The prisoners being thus in the hands of the civil Magistrate , are presently loaded with chains , and carried first to the secular gaol , and from thence in an hour or two brought before the civil 6.
... blood , or put their lives in danger . The prisoners being thus in the hands of the civil Magistrate , are presently loaded with chains , and carried first to the secular gaol , and from thence in an hour or two brought before the civil 6.
Page 15
... blood at the tombs of the dead , iu order to appease them , and so prevalent was this superstition amongst them , that even the women made incisions in their bodies with their own hands , and with their blood besprinkled the sepulchres ...
... blood at the tombs of the dead , iu order to appease them , and so prevalent was this superstition amongst them , that even the women made incisions in their bodies with their own hands , and with their blood besprinkled the sepulchres ...
Page 26
... blood began to flow from the gladiator , the people cried out " he is wounded ; " and if at that moment the combatant laid down his arms , it was concluded that he acknowledged him- self to be vanquished ; his life , however , depended ...
... blood began to flow from the gladiator , the people cried out " he is wounded ; " and if at that moment the combatant laid down his arms , it was concluded that he acknowledged him- self to be vanquished ; his life , however , depended ...
Page 27
... render- ing them corpulent , in order that the blood might flow more slowly from the wounds they received , which gave the spectators an opportunity of enjoying their agony longer . OF THE POWER OF CUSTOM . Custom is not ill 27.
... render- ing them corpulent , in order that the blood might flow more slowly from the wounds they received , which gave the spectators an opportunity of enjoying their agony longer . OF THE POWER OF CUSTOM . Custom is not ill 27.
Page 47
... blood , As he steals to the bed of King Duncan the good . So pallid his looks , and so true their expression ; Sure the artist has witness'd some murd'rer's transgression ; Has watch'd by the pillow where age had repose , And overpower ...
... blood , As he steals to the bed of King Duncan the good . So pallid his looks , and so true their expression ; Sure the artist has witness'd some murd'rer's transgression ; Has watch'd by the pillow where age had repose , And overpower ...
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