 | John Aikin - 1815 - 506 pages
...persons, who were to be sent as messengers to Zamolxis, and whom they put to death, by throwing them up in the air, and catching them on the points of their spears ; a circumstance not im» probable among a barbarous people, who are known to have practised... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1860 - 642 pages
...By far the most familiar representation, however, referred to Indian massacres, — Sepoys throwing babies up in the air and catching them on the points of their bayonets, as calmly as though they were playing cup and ball. The Cawnpore Massacre again figured largely, proving... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - 1861 - 556 pages
...By far the most familiar representation, however, referred to Indian massacres, — Sepoys throwing babies up in the air, and catching them on the points of their bayonets, as calmly as though they were playing cup and ball. The Cawnpore Massacre again figured largely, proving... | |
 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 1926 - 876 pages
...would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too ; cutting the...zest to the amusement. Here is another scene that 1 thought very interesting. Imagine a trembling mother with her baby in her arms, a circle of invading... | |
 | Kelly James Clark - 1990 - 172 pages
...would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...them on the points of their bayonets before their mothers' eyes. Doing it before the mothers' eyes was what gave zest to the amusement. Here is another... | |
 | C. Stephen Evans - 1996 - 190 pages
...would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...gave zest to the amusement. Here is another scene I thought very interesting. Imagine a trembling mother with her baby in her arms, a circle of invading... | |
 | Alvin Plantinga - 2000 - 528 pages
...would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...before the mother's eyes was what gave zest to the amusement."30 The list of atrocities human beings commit against others is horrifying and hideous;... | |
 | Amélie Rorty - 2001 - 376 pages
...He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. [Soldiers take] pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...trembling mother with her baby in her arms, a circle of invaders around her. They've planned a diversion; they pet the baby, laugh to make it laugh. They succeed;... | |
 | Peter Van Inwagen - 2004 - 334 pages
...the fences, leave them so till morning, and in the morning they hang them. . . . These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...them on the points of their bayonets before their mothers' eyes. . . .4 How can anyone listen to stories like this and say that evil does not exist?... | |
 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky - 2007 - 898 pages
...would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children, too; cutting the unborn...them on the points of their bayonets before their mothers' eyes. Doing it before the mothers' eyes was what gave zest to the amusement. Here is another... | |
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... a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. These Turks took a pleasure in torturing children,... 