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" The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away," — on a Monday morning, at eight o'clock, this man is placed under a beam, with a rope connecting it and him; a plank disappears from under him, and those who have paid for good places may see the hands of... "
Punch's Prize Novelists: The Fat Contributor, and Travels in London - Page 302
by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 306 pages
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The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volumes 7-9

Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...the resurrection and the life,' 'The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away' — on a Monday moraing, at eight o'clock, this man is placed under a beam,...pulling them until he is quite dead — strangled. But murder is such a monstrous crime (this is the great argument), when a man has killed another it...
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Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader, Volume 9

1864 - 402 pages
...Lord taketh away' — on a Monday uiorning, at eight o'clock, this man is placed under a beam, fcvith a rope connecting it and him ; a plank disappears...pulling them until he is quite dead — strangled. But murder is such a monstrous crime (this is the greau argument), when a man has killed another it...
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Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, Volume 2

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1866 - 518 pages
...mechanics, gentlemen, pickpockets, members of both houses of parliament, street-walkers, newspaper- writers, gather together before Newgate at a very early hour...up from his black hole, and seizing the prisoner's legSj and pulling them, until he is quite dead — strangled. Many persons, and well-informed newspapers,...
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Sketches and Travels in London: To which are Added Novels by Eminent Hands ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 388 pages
...together before Newgate at a very early hour; the most part of them give up their natural quiet night ' s rest, in order to partake of this hideous debauchery,...humanity, cheap philanthropy, that any man can get ap and preach about. There is the Observer, for instance, a paper conspicuous for the tremendous sarcasm...
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the works of william makepace thackeray

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THICKERAY. - 1869 - 462 pages
...criminal's soul to the mercy of God, stating that here on earth he is to look for no mercy ; keeps him fora fortnight to prepare, provides him with a clergyman...any man can get up and preach about. There is the Obscn'er, for instance, a paper conspicuous for the tremendous sarcasm which distinguishes its articles,...
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Miscellanies, Volume 3

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1877 - 552 pages
...o'clock, this man is placed nnder a beam, with а roрe connecting SKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LONDON. it and him ; a plank disappears from under him, and...pulling them, until he is quite dead — strangled. Muny persons, and well-informed newspapers, say that it is mawkish sentiment to talk in this way, morbid...
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The Book of Snobs and Sketches and Travels in London

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 420 pages
...of God, •" I am the resurrection and the life," " The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away,"—on a Monday morning, at eight o'clock, this man is placed...prisoner's legs, and pulling them, until he is quite dead—strangled. Many persons, and well-informed newspapers, say that it is mawkish sentiment to talk...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...after blood which influences our race. Government, a Christian government, gives us a feast ever}* now and then : it agrees — that is to say — a...it is mawkish sentiment to talk in this way. morbid humanit}', cheap philanthropy, that any man can get up and preach about. There is the Observer, for...
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... Roundabout Papers: To which is Added, The Second Funeral of Napolean ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1883 - 880 pages
...this man is placed under a beam, with a rope connecting it and him ; a plank disappears from tinder him, and those who have paid for good places may see...this way, morbid humanity, cheap philanthropy, that an}' man can get up and preach about. There is the Observer, for instance, a paper conspicuous for...
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William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 780 pages
...Lord taketh away," on a Monday morning, at eight o'clock, this man is placed under a beam, with JL rope connecting it and him ; a plank disappears from...pulling them, until he is quite dead — strangled. I Many persons, and well-informed newspapers, say that it is mawkish sentiment to talk in this way,...
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