I think of the executioner with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin in his hand, and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house and taking out one victim after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kilL... The history of Protestantism - Page 473by James Aitken Wylie - 1874Full view - About this book
| Thomas M'Crie - 1827 - 458 pages
...dripping napkin ic his hand, and his arms besmeared with gore, go\K to the house and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kil» According to orders waggons are already come to carry away the dead bodies, which are appoint... | |
| 1828 - 448 pages
...cheerfulness, but the )»ung exhibited symptoms of fear. I shudder while I think of the executioner with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin...besmeared with gore, going to the house and taking out one after another, just as the butcher does the sheep which he means to kill. According to orders waggons... | |
| 1828 - 588 pages
...in his teeth, the dripping napkin in his hand," to throw over the faces of his successive victims, " and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill." " According to orders," he... | |
| 1828 - 852 pages
...knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin inhishand," to t brow over the faces of his successive victims, "and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill." " According to orders," he... | |
| 1828 - 852 pages
...shudder," says a Roman Catholic narrator of the atrocious deed, " while I think of the executioner, with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin in his hand," to throw over the faces of his successive victims, "and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the... | |
| 1828 - 580 pages
...shudder," says a Roman Catholic narrator of the atrocious deed, " while I think of the executioner, with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin in his hand," to throw over the faces of his successive victims, " and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 770 pages
...his successive victims, " and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house, and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill." In other parts of Italy, also, the Waldenses, and other friends of the Reformation, experienced the... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 428 pages
...in his teeth, the dripping napkin in his hand," to throw over the faces of his successive victims, " and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house, and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill." Of the calamities which resulted... | |
| 1832 - 670 pages
...shudder while I think of the executioner, with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin - his hand, and his arms besmeared with gore, going to the house, and taking out one after another, just as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill. According to orders, waggons... | |
| Thomas M'Crie - 1833 - 520 pages
...cheerfulness, but the young exhibited symptoms of fear. I still shudder while I think of the executioner with the bloody knife in his teeth, the dripping napkin...as a butcher does the sheep which he means to kill. According to orders, waggons are already come to carry away the dead bodies, which are appointed to... | |
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