 Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...  Retrospect of Western Travel - Pagina 170door Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 239 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pagina’s
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...an unoccupied apartment. — With noiseless foot he pates the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pagina’s
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet; the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment.—With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pagina’s
...was sweet, — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 6. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 pagina’s
...sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters through a window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment....the chamber. Of this, he moves the lock, by soft and con. tinned pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise, and he enters, and beholds his victim... | |
 | John Todd - 1839 - 444 pagina’s
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft, but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon : he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the The chamber... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pagina’s
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon ; - he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pagina’s
...sleep was sweet;—the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 8. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. struggle, or a motion, from the repose... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pagina’s
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the nigbt held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pagina’s
...— a healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet ; — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace." The assassin enters,...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pagina’s
...sleep was sweet;—the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong cmbrace. The assassin enters, through the window ! already...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely i hall, half-lighted by the moon; he winds up j the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the... | |
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