 Tower-hill, he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining of his pocket) that he might at any moment draw forth the blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other :...  Notes and Queries - Page 3161867Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 340 pages
...- ln a by-cutler's (hop on Tower-hill, he bought a ten-penny knife, and the fheath thereof he fewed .to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any...alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other. This done, he made ihift, partly as it is laid on horfeback, and partly on foot, to get to Portfrnou1h,... | |
 | Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 624 pages
...cutler's shop on Tower-hill, he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other : This done, he made shift, partly, as it is said, on horseback, and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth,... | |
 | 1810 - 598 pages
...cutler's shop on Tower-hill, he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other : This done, he made shift, partly, as it is said, on horseback, and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1810 - 632 pages
...cutler's shop on Tower-hill, he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other : This done, he made shift, partly, as it is said, on horseback, and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth,... | |
 | William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 634 pages
...cutler's shop on Tower-hill, he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...any moment draw forth the blade alone with one hand, far he had maimed the other : This done, be made shift, partly, as it is said, on horseback, and partly... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...following manner : In a by-cutler's shop on Tower-Hill, he purchased a tenpenny knife, the sheath of which he sewed to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any moment draw forth the blade with one hand, as he had maimed the other. This done, he reached Portsmouth, partly (as it is said)... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...following manner : In a by-cutler's shop on Tower-Hill, he purchased a tenpenny knife, the sheath of which he sewed to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any nw>ment draw forth the blade with one hand, as he had maimed the other. This done, he reached Portsmouth,... | |
 | Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 434 pages
...by-Cutler's shop of Tower-hill he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt,) and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other. This done, he made shift, partly as it is said on horse-back and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth,... | |
 | sir Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 428 pages
...by-Cutler's shop of Tower-hill he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt,) and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining...alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other. This done, he made shift, partly as it is said on horse-back and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth,... | |
 | Sir Henry Ellis - Great Britain - 1824 - 430 pages
...by-Cutler's shop of Tower-hill he bought a tenpenny knife (so cheap was the instrument of this great attempt,) and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any moment drawforth the blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other. This done, he made shift, partly... | |
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