 | 1802 - 442 sider
...motion. It appeared to the uninformed part of the by-slanders as if the wretched man was on the eveof being restored to life. This, however, was impossible,...scaffold, had violently pulled his legs, in order 10 put a more speedy termination to his sufferings. The experiment, in fact, was of a better use and... | |
 | Samuel Latham Mitchill - 1803 - 508 sider
...and the legs and thighs were set in motion. It appeared, to the uninformed part of the bye-stanciers, as if the wretched man was on the eve of being restored to life. These facts, which were hitherto unknown, will serve to illustrate the physiology, and the theory of... | |
 | 1803 - 818 sider
...the legs and thighs were set in motion, and it appeared to the uninformed part of the byc-standers as if the wretched man was on the eve of being restored to life. FRANCE. M. GUYTON-MOR»EAU gives the following directions lor fumigating infected apartments with muriatic... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1804 - 242 sider
...legs and thighs were set in ' motion. ' It appeared to the uninformed part of the by-' ' slanders, as if the wretched man was on the eve ' of being restored to life. This however was im' possible, as several of his friends, who were near 4 the scaffold, had violently pulled his legs,... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1806 - 326 sider
...subsequent part of the process, -the right hand was raised and CLENCHED, and the legs and thighs were set in motion. " It appeared to the uninformed part...was impossible ; as several of his friends, who were near the scaffold, had violently pulled his legs, Li order to put a more speedy termination to his... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 480 sider
...subsequent part of the process, llie right hand «a» r*ûe4aad cleiidied, and. tbe leg« aud thigh» ' set in motion. It appeared, to the uninformed part...the by-standers, as if the wretched man was on the ете of being restored to life. A variety of similar experiments were pursued under a great multiplicity... | |
 | 1815 - 706 sider
...that he-died soon after his return home of the fright. Some of the uninformed bystanders thought that the wretched man was on the eve of being restored...life. This, however, was impossible, as several of bis friends, who were under the scaffold, had violently pulled his Jegsy in order to put a more speedy... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1837 - 300 sider
...to all this matter — Why don't you rouse, I say, in season, And cut the wicked wizard's weasand ? if the wretched man was on the eve of being restored...was impossible ; as several of his friends, who were near the scaflold, had violently pulled his legs, in order to put a more speedy termination to his... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - 1837 - 298 sider
...subsequent part of the process, the right hand was raised and CLENCHED, and the legs and thighs were set in motion. -'-' It appeared to the uninformed part of the by-standers, as And sure I am, he'll break the peace, • • Unless secured by our police ; . , For such a chap, as... | |
 | Hector Alfred Colwell - 1922 - 212 sider
...subsequent parts of the process the right hand was raised and CLENCHED, and the legs and thighs were set in motion. " It appeared to the uninformed part...to life. This however was impossible, as several of liis friends, who were near the scaffold, had violently pulled his legs in order to put a more speedy... | |
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On the first application of the process to the face, the jaw of the deceased criminal began to quiver ; and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted, and one eye was actually opened. In the subsequent part of the process, -the right hand was raised... 
