 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 - Página 3161867Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Percy Society - 1851 - 460 páginas
...cutler's shop on Tower Hill, he bought a ten-penny 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."* * A different tale is told by the historians of Sheffield, who say : — " In 1626, Thomas Wild, cutler,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1851 - 488 páginas
...cutler's shop on Tower Hill, he bought a ten-penny 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."* * A different tale is told by the historians of Sheffield, who say : — " In 1626, Thomas Wild, cutler,... | |
 | Percy Society - 1851 - 464 páginas
...cutler's shop on Tower Hill, he bought a ten-penny 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."* * A different tale is told by the historians of Sheffield, who say : — " In 1626, Thomas Wild, cutler,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1857 - 574 páginas
...duke as " an enemy to the public." " In a bye-cutler's shop on Tower-hill he bought a tenpenny knife, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining of his...alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other."! Felton, full of his dark design, made his way to Portsmouth, partly on foot and partly on horseback... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 740 páginas
...court." It had been bought for tenpence " in a by-cutler's shop of Tower-hill." The sheath of it he had sewed to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any moment draw the blade with one hand, for he had injured the other. " Then Justice Jones, being the ancient on the... | |
 | 1867 - 698 páginas
...bye 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...paid tenpence for it as a secondhand bargain, and in days when swords were carried by all gentlemen, an extraordinary indignity would attach to the fact... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 584 páginas
...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...the blade alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other.'1 1 A different tale is told by the historians of Sheffield, who say : ' In 1626, Thomas Wild,... | |
 | 1879 - 76 páginas
...unhappiness. In a cutler's shop of Tower Hill, Felton bought a tenpenny knife, the sheath of which he sewed to the lining of his pocket, that he might at any time draw the blade with one hand, as he had injured the other. This done, he made shift partly, it... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 690 páginas
...duke as "an enemy to the public." "In a bye-cutler's shop on Tower Hill he bought a tenpenny knife, and the sheath thereof he sewed to the lining of his...alone with one hand, for he had maimed the other." In his hat was found a paper with the following writing: "That man in my opinion is cowardly and base,... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1912 - 272 páginas
...by-Cutler's shop on Tower-hill, he bought a ten-penny 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 Horseback, and partly on foot, to get to Portsmouth... | |
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