 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...before fo many fpc<3ators, nor to be ferved by fuch valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, file laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the fecond ffroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovered her hair already grown... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...before fo many fpedtators, nor to be ferved by fuch valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, fhe laid her neck on the block; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the fecond ftroke, cut oft" her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovered her hair already grown... | |
 | William Robertson - 1771 - 458 pages
...before fo many fpe&ators, nor to be ferved by fuch valets. With calm, but undaunted fortitude, fhe laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other at the fecond ftroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovered her hair already grown... | |
 | English literature - 1759 - 760 pages
...was prosperous. They ed fortitude, (he laid her neck on the had doubled the fouthern extremity or* block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the fecund ilroke, cut off her head ; which falling out of its attire, dilcovercd her hair already grown... | |
 | William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...before fo many B fpeftators, nor to be ferved by fuch valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, fhe laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the fecond ftroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovered her hair already grown... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1795 - 678 pages
...her head on the block; and while one executioner held her hands , the other , at the fécond ftroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite grey with care» ?nd lorrows. The executioner held it цр füll ftreaming with blood , and the Dean crying out,... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1795 - 682 pages
...fpectators, nor to be ferved by fuch valets. With calm but undaunted fob titude, fhe laid her head on the block; and while one executioner held her hands , the other , at the fécond ftroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovercd her hair already grown... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...undrefs before fo many fpeetators,nortobefervedbyfuch valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, fhe laid her neck on. the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other at the fecond ftroke, cut off her head, which falling out of its attire, difcovered her hair atready grown... | |
 | John Stark - Biography - 1805 - 488 pages
...spectators, nor to be served by such valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude she laid her neck on the ck ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her !ier.d, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite grey with cares and... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - Scotland - 1806 - 318 pages
...had not been accustomed to undress before so many spectators, nor to be served by such valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude she laid her neck on...while one executioner held her hands, the other at two strokes cut off her head, which falling out of of its attire, discovered her hair already turned... | |
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... to undress before so many spectators, nor to be served by such valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling... 
