 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 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...room was uncommonly open to the admission of light. 9. The face of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 Seiten
...it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 Seiten
...and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer; and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given, and the victim passes,... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 Seiten
...it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds hLs victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting ou the gray locks of his aged temple,... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - 1879 - 262 Seiten
...it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 358 Seiten
...and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer ; and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given, and the victim passes,... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 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...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... | |
 | John Todd - 1882 - 996 Seiten
...prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. "With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs,...murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the grey looks of his aged temple, showed him where to strike ! " The fatal blow is given ; and the victim passes,... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1882 - 420 Seiten
...till it turns on its hinges; and he enters and beholds hia victim before him. The room was uncommonly light. The face of the innocent sleeper was turned...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... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting on the gray locks of his aged temple,... | |
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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. 
