 ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...  The Quarterly review - Pagina 421841Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Salem Town - 1847 - 420 pagina’s
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to tht window, passes out through it as he came in,... | |
 | Salem Town - 1848 - 300 pagina’s
...his aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death! The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 pagina’s
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given, and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...heart, and replaces it again over the wounds of the poignard ! To finish the picture, he explores the wrist for the pulse ! he feels it, and ascertains... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pagina’s
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...aged arm, that he may not -fail in his aim at the heaij, and replaces it again over the wounds of the poniard. To finish the picture, he explores the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 658 pagina’s
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pagina’s
...been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He even 10 blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he 12 raises the aged arm, that he may not fail in his aim at the heart, and replaces it again over the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 656 pagina’s
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death 9 It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pagina’s
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death T It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he yet plies the dagger, though it was obvious... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1852 - 580 pagina’s
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...victim of a butcherly murder, for mere pay. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...! It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work. He explores the wrist for the pulse. He feels for it, and ascertains that it beats no longer ! It is... | |
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