He shut his eyes, but could not close his ears against the imprecations of the multitude. A woman, breaking from the crowd, exclaimed, " Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy. Descend to hell covered with the curses of every mother... Modern Europe, a school history. To 1859 - Seite 347von John Lord - 1860 - 501 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 Seiten
...against the imprecations of the multitude. A woman, breaking from the crowd, exclaimed, 'Murderer of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy : descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France !' Twenty of his comrades were executed Jefore him. When he ascended the scaffold, the executioner... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1833 - 832 Seiten
...the imprecations of the multitude. A woman breaking from the crowd, exclaimed — ' Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy ; descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France !* Twenty of his comrades were executed before him ; when he ascended the scaffold, the executioner... | |
| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 706 Seiten
...imprecations of the multitude. A woman breaking from the crowd, with St CHA^P exclaimed—"Murderers of all my kindred, your agony '. fills me with joy<; descend to hell, covered with the 1794. curses of every mother in France !" Twenty of his comrades were executed before him ; when he... | |
| Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - 486 Seiten
...execrations of the multitude. A woman, rushing from the midst of it, exclaimed, — ' Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy: descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France.' Twenty of his comrades were executed before him ; and when he ascended the scaffold, the executioner,... | |
| 1836 - 884 Seiten
...retribution Irrrihle. " Murderers of all my kindred," exclaimed a woman, breaking ¡through ihe crowd, " your agony fills me with joy ; descend to hell, covered with the cunes of every mother in France !" The scene on the scaffold was calculated to fill every breast with... | |
| Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 516 Seiten
...against the imprecations of the multitude. A woman, breaking from the crowd, exclaimed, ' Murderer of all my kindred ! your agony fills me with joy. Descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France !' V\ hen he ascended the scaffold, the executioner tore the bandage from his face ; the lower jaw... | |
| 1849 - 602 Seiten
...Robespierre, she screamed in his ear in tones of almrtst fiendish exultation, " Murderer of all my kindred, descend to hell, covered with the curses of every mother in France!" During this hour of agony and torture not a murmur, not a word, escaped him — he was suffering his... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1844 - 1156 Seiten
...the imprecations of the multitude. A woman breaking from the crowd, exclaimed — "Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy ; descend...to hell, covered with the curses of every mother in CHAP. France! " Twenty of his comrades were executed xv' before him ; during the time they were suffering... | |
| Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 472 Seiten
...of the multitude. A frantic woman, rushing from the midst of it, exclaimed, — ' Murderers of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy : descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France.' Twenty of his comrades were executed before him ; and when he ascended the scaffold, the executioner,... | |
| J. T. Headley - 1849 - 358 Seiten
...imprecations smote his ear ; and one woman, breaking through the crowd, exclaimed, " Murderer of all my kindred, your agony fills me with joy ; descend...covered with the curses of every mother in France !" As the executioner tore the bandage from his face, the under jaw fell on his breast, and he uttered... | |
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