 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
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 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... | |
 | Samuel Walker McCall - 1902 - 144 sider
...the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the tonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent...the chamber. Of this he moves the lock, by soft and continuous pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim... | |
 | 1902 - 580 sider
...paragraph in Wilson's Fifth Reader, where the assassin enters, and in which occur the graphic lines, " Of this he moves the lock by soft and continued pressure till it turns on its hinges without noise." The brutal part is entirely effaced by the fascinating acumen of the analytical description leading... | |
 | Dartmouth College, Homer Eaton Keyes - 1902 - 318 sider
...moves the lock, by soft and walker continuous pressure, till it turns on its hinges without McCall noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer,... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1903 - 464 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...enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer,... | |
 | Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - 1903 - 190 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...enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer,... | |
 | Van Vechten Veeder - 1903 - 656 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...enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the adinis sion of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1903 - 370 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...enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the admission of light. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer,... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1905 - 872 sider
...hold him in their soft but strong embrace. the lonely had, half lighted by the moon; he wmds up th» ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges ; and he enters and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly light. The face of the innocent... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1903 - 278 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...of the stairs and reaches the door of the chamber. He enters and beholds his victim before him. The face of the innocent sleeper is turned from the murderer,... | |
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