 | Nathaniel Wanley - Characters and characteristics - 1806 - 450 pages
...poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed ; but in the midst of his passionate asseverations he fell down dead upon the spot. CHAP. XXIX. Of the dead Bodies of somegrer.t Persons, which, not without Difficulty, found their Graves... | |
 | Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson) - Animal welfare - 1810 - 172 pages
...poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed ; but, in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot." BOOK III. i Their deity below, $•«.] Since the sheet in which this passage appears was printed off,... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...poker, and with the most furious vehemence, declared that he would kill the first man who interposed : but in the midst of his passionate asseverations he fell down dead upon the spot ! Such we are assured were the circumstances that attended the death of this great piilar of humanity... | |
 | John Brady - Calendar - 1815 - 426 pages
...alive before a Jarge fire. The screams of the miserable animal were so affecting, that some gentlemen who were present attempted to interfere, which so...throughout Greece, and in subsequent ages among the Romans also, xvho introduced it into this country. When THEMISTOCLES led his army against the Persians,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed ; but, ¡n the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot. Such, we are assured, were the circumstances which attended the death of this great pillar of humanity."... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...poker, and, with the most furious vehemence, declared that he would kill the first man who interposed ; but, in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot.' COCK-HOPSE, adj. Cock and horse. On horseback; triumphant; exulting. Alma, they strenuously maintain,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 412 pages
...poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed ; but, in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot. Such, we are assured, were the circumstances which attended the death of this great pillar of humanity."... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Cyclopaedias - 1831 - 484 pages
...and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who should interpose; but in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot — a solemn warning to all, who violate the common and obvious principles of humanity. The HEN. If... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 410 pages
...poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared, that he would kill the first man who interposed : but, in the midst of his passionate asseverations, he fell down dead upon the spot. Such, we are assured, were the circumstances which attended the death of this great pillar of humanity."... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...exasperated Mr. Ardesoif, that he seized the poker, and with the most furious vehemence, declared that be would kill the first man who interfered ; but, in the midst of his passionate assertions, he fell down lead upon the spot." MUSK ! Hide his name of whom I sing, Lest his surviving... | |
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... and roasted alive before a large fire. The screams of the miserable animal were so affecting, that some gentlemen who were present attempted to interfere, which so enraged Mr. A. that he seized a poker, and with the most furious vehemence declared,... 
