| Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 Seiten
...of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death! It is the assassin's... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 354 Seiten
...chamber. Of this he moves the lock, by soft and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges, and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The...is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he jet plies the dagger, though it was obvious that life had been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 Seiten
...of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike....motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! 7. It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he TU g MU It n ERER . 263 yet plies the dagger,... | |
| 1841 - 618 Seiten
...sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the grey locks of his nged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without u struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! It is the assassin's purpose... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - 308 Seiten
...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 of sleep to the repose of death! 10. It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he yet plies the dagger, though it was obvious... | |
| John Hall - 1845 - 354 Seiten
...the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer', and the beams of the moon', resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike....the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he yetv plies the dagger', though it was obvious that life had been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon.... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 264 Seiten
...of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike....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,... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 296 Seiten
...of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike....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,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 Seiten
...utmost, to bring to light the perpetrators or this crime. Against the prisoner at the bar, as an indito strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes,...motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death i It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work; and he yet plies the dagger, though it ridual, I... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the t)eams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike....the victim passes, without a struggle, or a motion. j from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! i It is the assassin's purpose to make sure ' work... | |
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