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" Barbarous father, your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate to that of the only man I could love, and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one whom I always hated, has made me form a resolution to put an end to an existence... "
The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ... - Page 153
by James Mitchell - 1825 - 740 pages
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A Treatise on the Law of Evidence

Samuel March Phillipps - Evidence (Law) - 1816 - 746 pages
...which opening, it contained the following : — " Barbarous Father, " Your cruelty in having putting it out of my power, ever to join my fate to that of...and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one whom 1 always hated, has made me form a resolution to put an end to an existence which is become a burden...
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Sixty Curious and Authentic Narratives and Anecdotes Respecting ...

William Hone - Anecdotes - 1819 - 318 pages
...folded as a letter, which on opening, contained the following : — " Barbarous Father, your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate...end to an existence which is become a burthen to me. 1 doubt not I shall tiud mercy in another world ; for sure no benevolent Being can require that I should...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 8

Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...folded as a letter, and on opening it, was found to contain as follows: " Barbarous father! your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate...is become a burthen to me." This letter was signed " Catherine Shaw," and on being shown to her relations and friends, it was recognized as her writing....
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 1

William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...contain as follows: " Barbarous father! your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join ray fate to that of the only man I could love, and tyrannically...is become a burthen to me." This letter was signed, "CATHERINE SHAW;" and on being shewn to her relations and friends, it was recognized as her writing....
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The bagman's bioscope

William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...as a letter, and on opening it, was found to contain as follows : " Barbarous father ! your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate...letter was signed " Catharine Shaw," and on being shown to her relations aud friends, it was recognized as her writing. The magistracy of Edinburgh examined...
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The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and ...

John Thurtell, William WEARE - Boxing - 1824 - 590 pages
...letter, and on opening it, was found to contain as follows : — ' Barbarous father ! your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate...resolution to put an end to an existence which is become a burden to me.' " This letter was signed, ' Catherine Shaw ;' and on being shewn to her relations and...
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The Terrific Register: Or, Record of Crimes, Judgments, Providences, and ...

Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...as follows : " Barbarous father ! your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join тау fate to that of the only man I could love, and tyrannically...resolution to put an end to an existence which is become a burtb -.1 to me." .. ! : • .•î.<4*> This letter was signed " Catharine Shaw," and on being shown...
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Cecil's Sixty Curious, Interesting, and Authentic Narratives, Volume 1

William Hone - Anecdotes - 1825 - 314 pages
...folded as a letter, which, on opening, contained the following : — " Barbarous Father, your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate to that of the only man I could lovu, and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one whom 1 always hated, has made me form a resolution...
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Remarkable instances of circumstantial evidence, given on trials for ...

Evidence, Circumstantial - 1833 - 98 pages
...opened, wa* found to contain the following : " Barbarous Father, " Your cruelty, in having putting it out of my power, ever to join my fate to that of...love, and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one 1 always hated, has made me form a resolution to put an end to an existance which is become a burden...
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 6

Law - 1833 - 548 pages
...folded as a letter, which, on opening, contained the following : — " Barbarous Father, your cruelty in having put it out of my power ever to join my fate ta that of the only man I could love, and tyrannically insisting upon my marrying one whom 1 alwayi...
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