...slaughtering every man his enemy among the Government officers, some of them indeed disreputable nnd sorry fellows, others respectable. They killed with...consumption ; they came in, set upon him, and cut his thront in the presence of his wife and children ; the corpse, a frightful spectacle, remained in the...

...fallen gave signs of life, they reloaded their arms in the sight of the people and the soldiers, ... or else put an end to their victims with their knives. They hunted men down like wild beasts. . . . The corpses — a frightful spectacle — remained in the public streets. I saw it — saw death...

...some of them indeed disreputable and sorry fellows, others respectable. They killed with musket-shot, and if the fallen gave signs of life they reloaded...throat in the presence of his wife and children; the corpse, a frightful spectacle, remained in the public streets. I saw it, saw death dealt about, and...

...murderer coolly reloaded his musket and despatched him in sight of the people and of the soldiers. ' They hunted men down like wild beasts, entered their houses, and dragged them forth to slaughter ! — I saw it, saw death dealt about, and the abominable chase.' (ii. 335.) Other cities were in a...