 Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...  Retrospect of Western Travel - Side 284av Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 239 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 656 sider
...his rooA A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. (The assassin enters,...half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of £he stairs, aqd reaches ' r .. ' the door of the chamber* XJf this, he moves trie lock, by sottf and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 sider
...to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft though'strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window, already...into an unoccupied apartment. 'With noiseless foot he passes the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 sider
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet,—the first 4 sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window al5 ready prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot, he. paces the lonely hall, half... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1852 - 580 sider
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 sider
...old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft though strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window,...into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he passes the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 658 sider
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room is uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1853 - 390 sider
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft, but strong embrace ; the assassin enters,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters and beholds his victim before him ; the room is uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Lewis C. Munn - 1853 - 450 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 without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him ! The room was uncommonly open to... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 sider
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep •was sweet ; the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters...the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds np the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber. Of this, he moves the lock, by soft... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 sider
...sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft though strong embrace. The assassin enters throtigh the window already prepared into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he passes the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches... | |
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