The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times: Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac ... for Daily Use and DiversionsPub. for T. Tegg, 1830 - Almanacs, English |
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Page 123
... body except the face ; the eyes were closed , the countenance was cada- verous , the mouth elongated from the falling of the jaws , and the lips were purpled . I shut my eyes , rubbed them , and gently raising my head continued to gaze ...
... body except the face ; the eyes were closed , the countenance was cada- verous , the mouth elongated from the falling of the jaws , and the lips were purpled . I shut my eyes , rubbed them , and gently raising my head continued to gaze ...
Page 129
... body was to be cut down , and thrown into the sea . Carac- cioli requested lieutenant Parkinson , un- der whose custody he was placed , to intercede with lord Nelson for a second trial , for this , among other reasons , that count Thurn ...
... body was to be cut down , and thrown into the sea . Carac- cioli requested lieutenant Parkinson , un- der whose custody he was placed , to intercede with lord Nelson for a second trial , for this , among other reasons , that count Thurn ...
Page 145
... body . When first taken , he was brought to the lord's bailiff in Halifax , who kept the town , had also the keeping ... bodies at Halifax gibbet , " and they suffered accordingly . These were the last persons executed under Halifax ...
... body . When first taken , he was brought to the lord's bailiff in Halifax , who kept the town , had also the keeping ... bodies at Halifax gibbet , " and they suffered accordingly . These were the last persons executed under Halifax ...
Page 151
... body was " thrown in a marshy field among rushes , but a crow defended it from wild beasts and birds of prey . " The Golden Legend says that angels had the guardianship of the body , that the crow attended to drive away birds and fowls ...
... body was " thrown in a marshy field among rushes , but a crow defended it from wild beasts and birds of prey . " The Golden Legend says that angels had the guardianship of the body , that the crow attended to drive away birds and fowls ...
Page 179
... body and round the tree , just leaving it sufficient play for casting it higher and higher , by jerks , towards the elevation he desires to attain , and there to place his body , bent as in a swing , his feet resting against the tree ...
... body and round the tree , just leaving it sufficient play for casting it higher and higher , by jerks , towards the elevation he desires to attain , and there to place his body , bent as in a swing , his feet resting against the tree ...
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