Recollections of the Court Room: Or, Narratives, Scenes and Anecdotes from Courts of JusticeH. Dayton, 1859 - 308 páginas |
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... obtain for him a recompense suitable to the trouble , he would endeavor to make his intelligence of the utmost importance . " By the next post he received an answer , containing directions , and an appointment of five hundred livres ...
... obtain for him a recompense suitable to the trouble , he would endeavor to make his intelligence of the utmost importance . " By the next post he received an answer , containing directions , and an appointment of five hundred livres ...
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... obtained from . But the very simplicity of what did , at first sight , appear in this letter , caused suspi- cion , though not enough to stop it ; but , on another speedily arriving from the Hague , and bringing an immediate answer from ...
... obtained from . But the very simplicity of what did , at first sight , appear in this letter , caused suspi- cion , though not enough to stop it ; but , on another speedily arriving from the Hague , and bringing an immediate answer from ...
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... obtain all this ; nor was it attempted to be other- wise accounted for than by his frequenting coffee - houses where subjects of this nature were usually most spoken of . He gave intelligence of Admiral Holbourne's destination to ...
... obtain all this ; nor was it attempted to be other- wise accounted for than by his frequenting coffee - houses where subjects of this nature were usually most spoken of . He gave intelligence of Admiral Holbourne's destination to ...
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... obtaining a free pardon from the new king , George III . The escape from death of this traitor is as mysterious as the rest of the singular transactions in which he was engaged . It was at first supposed that he was respited that he ...
... obtaining a free pardon from the new king , George III . The escape from death of this traitor is as mysterious as the rest of the singular transactions in which he was engaged . It was at first supposed that he was respited that he ...
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... obtained an interview , at which Mr. Cockayne was present . In the course of conversation , the prisoner delivered two papers to Mr. Rowan , for the purpose of con- vincing him that he was a person in whom he might confide . From that ...
... obtained an interview , at which Mr. Cockayne was present . In the course of conversation , the prisoner delivered two papers to Mr. Rowan , for the purpose of con- vincing him that he was a person in whom he might confide . From that ...
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Página 27 - Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee.
Página 292 - One stern tyrannic thought, that made All other thoughts its slave; Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation crave, Still urging me to go and see The dead man in his grave.
Página 27 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Página 293 - With breathless speed, like a soul in chase, I took him up and ran;— There was no time to dig a grave Before the day began: In a lonesome wood, with heaps of leaves, I hid the murdered man! "And all that day I read in school, But my thought was other where; As soon as the mid-day task was done, In secret I was there: And a mighty wind had swept the leaves, And still the corse was bare!
Página 288 - Leaf after leaf he turned it o'er, Nor ever glanced aside — For the peace of his soul he read that book In the golden eventide; Much study had made him very lean, And pale, and leaden-eyed.
Página 292 - And peace went with them one and all, And each calm pillow spread ; But Guilt was my grim chamberlain That lighted me to bed, And drew my midnight curtains round, With fingers bloody red...
Página 290 - One that had never done me wrong — A feeble man and old; I led him to a lonely field, — The moon shone clear and cold: Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold!
Página 290 - Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One hurried gash with a hasty knife, — And then the deed was done; There was nothing lying at my foot But lifeless flesh and bone!
Página 293 - Then down I cast me on my face, And first began to weep, For I knew my secret then was one That earth refused to keep: Or land or sea, though he should be Ten thousand fathoms deep.
Página 106 - ... procured him an advocate of rank too great to be rejected unheard, and of virtue too eminent to be heard without being believed. His merit and his calamities happened to reach the ear of the countess of Hertford, who engaged in his support with all the tenderness that is excited by pity, and all the zeal which is kindled by generosity...