The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber. Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Side 451av Daniel Webster - 1848Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| John Francis Knapp - 1830 - 258 sider
...through. the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. — With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of... | |
| 1832 - 504 sider
...enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 sider
...enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges ; and he enters and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of... | |
| 1834 - 614 sider
...enters through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon, he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges, and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 sider
...enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment.—With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges; and he enters and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of light.... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 342 sider
...enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges, and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission of... | |
| Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 sider
...enters through a window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...the chamber. Of this, he moves the lock, by soft and con. tinned pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise, and he enters, and beholds his victim... | |
| John Todd - 1839 - 444 sider
...prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon : he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the The chamber The blow. apartment. Of this he moves the lock, by soft and continued pressure, till it... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 sider
...prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon ; - he winds up the ascent of the stairs,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges ; and he en6 ters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the admission... | |
| George Merriam - 1841 - 308 sider
...enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds...and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. struggle, or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death! 10. It is the assassin's purpose... | |
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