... applied to his feet. He uttered not a groan, and saw his legs reduced to ashes with the utmost firmness and composure; after which one of his arms by some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him and flung it in... To Jamaica and Back - Página 213por Sir James Sibbald David Scott (bart.) - 1876 - 324 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Bryan Edwards - 1793 - 520 páginas
...foraie means getting loofe, he fnatched a brand from, the fire that was consuming him, and flung it in. the face- of the executioner. The two that were hung up alive were indulged, at their own requefl, with a hearty meal immediately befor-e they were fufpended on the gibbet, which. \y;vs erected... | |
| Bryan Edwards - 1806 - 426 páginas
...some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it in the face of the executioner. The two that were hung...were indulged at their own request, with a hearty ineal immediately before they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected in the parade of the... | |
| Bryan Edwards - 1807 - 646 páginas
...some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it in the face of the executioner. The two that were hung...indulged, at their own request, with a hearty meal immediately before they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected in the parade of the town of... | |
| James Stephen - 1807 - 158 páginas
...fire that was consuming him, and flung it in the face of the executioner. "The two that were hung op alive, were indulged, at their own request, with a...they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected in the parade of the town of Kingston. From that time until they expired, they never uttered the least... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 páginas
...some mean» gettin» loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it in the face of the executioner. The two that were hung up alive were indulged, at their request, with a hearty meal immediately before tlr-1^ were -depended un the gibbet, which was erected... | |
| James Stephen - 1824 - 570 páginas
...by the classical reader, who remembers the cruel executions in use among the Romans, that in this " The two that were hung up alive, were indulged, at their own request, " with a hearty meal, immediately before they were suspended on the " gibbet, which was erected in the parade of the town... | |
| 1824 - 436 páginas
...some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it in the face of the executioner!, The two that were hung up alive: were indulged, at their request, with a hearty meal immediately before they were suspended on tlie gibbet, which was erected... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1835 - 352 páginas
...of his arms, by some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it at the face of the executioner. " The...indulged (at their own request) with a hearty meal, immediately before they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected on the parade of the town of... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 358 páginas
...of his arms by some means getting loose, he snatched a brand from the fire that was consuming him, and flung it at the face of the executioner. " The...indulged (at their own request) with a hearty meal, immediately before they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected on the parade of the town of... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1844 - 370 páginas
...the fire that was consuming him, and flung it at the face of the executioner. INHABITANTS, &C. 97 " The two that were hung up alive were indulged (at their own request) with a hearty meal, immediately before they were suspended on the gibbet, which was erected on the parade of the town of... | |
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