 | Renfrew county - 1809 - 212 pages
...creature, who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, Hie knew fhe would ftarve, for no perfoa thereafter would either give her meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her, and that therefore- fhe defired to be out of the world ; whereupon fhe wept moft... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1823 - 636 pages
...that had confessed judicially ; and one of them, who was a Sickly creature, told me, under secresie, that she had not confessed because she was guilty,...or lodging ; and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her ; and that therefore she desired to be out of the world : whereupon she wept most... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 616 pages
...that had confessed judicially; and one of the'm, who was a sickly creature, told me, under secresie, that she had not confessed because she was guilty,...or lodging ; and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her ; and that therefore she desired to be out of the world : whereupon she wept most... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1829 - 466 pages
...person hereafter would either give her meat or lodging ; and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her ; and that therefore she desired to be...bitterly, and upon her knees called God to witness what she said.' This species of torment leads to insanity. Wretchedness and oppression, disorganizing... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1830 - 374 pages
...but being a poor creature who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, she knew she would starve, for no person thereafter would either give...meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world ; whereupon she wept most... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - History - 1831 - 302 pages
...but being a poor creature who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, she knew she would starve, for no person thereafter would either give...meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world.' — Whereupon she wept most... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - Witchcraft - 1831 - 316 pages
...but being a poor creature who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, she knew she would starve, for no person thereafter would either give...meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her, and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world.' — Whereupon she wept most... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 418 pages
...but, being a poor creature who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, she knew she would starve ; for no person thereafter would either give...meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world." — She had heard of a place... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1836 - 356 pages
...person thereafter would either give her meat or lodging, and that all men would beat her and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world ; where* upon she wept most bitterly, and upon her knees called God to witness to what she said. Another... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Education - 1836 - 422 pages
...person thereafter would either give her meat - or lodging, and that all men would beat her and hound dogs at her, and that therefore she desired to be out of the world." — She had heard of a place where the wicked cease from troubling. If further testimony were needed... | |
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... that she had not confessed because she was guilty, but being a poor creature who wrought for her meat, and being defamed for a witch, she knew she would starve, for no person thereafter would either give her meat or lodging, and that all men would... 
