 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...and in his own bed, is made the victim of a butchery murder, for mere pay. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof....was sweet — the first sound slumbers of the night hold him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window, already prepared,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 Seiten
...in evidence spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim and all beneath his roof. A healthful old man to whom...sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft though strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window already prepared into an unoccupied apartment.... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1884 - 510 Seiten
...circumstances now clearly in evidence spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof....sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft though strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window, already prepared, into an unoccupied... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 Seiten
...clearly in evidence, spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim,1 and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man,...him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters2 through the window, already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 Seiten
...many ounces of blood. The circumstances now clearly in evidence spread out the whole scene before us. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...assassin enters through the window already prepared, with noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, winds up the stairs to the door of the chamber, moves... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...clearly in evidence, spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim,1 and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man,...him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters2 through the window, already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...in evidence spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom...first sound slumbers of the night held him in their strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment.... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...in evidence spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet,— the first sound shun bers of the night held him in their strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already... | |
 | J. Scott Clark - 1886 - 410 Seiten
..."historical present" tense in the following well-known passage from Webster, and note the weakening effect : "The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he mnas up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber." XI. THE TBANSFERBED EP.TTiET.... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 Seiten
...the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his root A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...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.... | |
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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. 
