 ... 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, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 451by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...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...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 the... | |
 | Salem Town - 1854 - 412 pages
...and reaches the door of the chamber. Of this he moves the lock, by soft and continual prossure, rill it turns on its hinges; and he enters, and beholds...room was uncommonly open to the admission of light. 4. The face of the innocent sleeper was turned from the murderer, and the beams of the moon, resting... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...enters through the window, already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he passes the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise, and he enters and Ijeholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1856 - 386 pages
...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 without noise ; and he enters and beholds his victim before him ; the room is uncommonly open to the... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pages
...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 without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | Salem Town - 1856 - 420 pages
...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 chamJoer. Of this he moves the lock, by soft and continual pressure, till it turns on its hinges ;... | |
 | 1857 - 656 pages
...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 without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | 1857 - 690 pages
...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 without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the... | |
 | 1857 - 650 pages
...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...the lock, by soft and continued pressure, till it tarns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds lib victim before him. The room was... | |
 | 1857 - 642 pages
...window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely ball, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent...the lock, by soft and continued pressure, till it tarns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds ha victim before him. The room was uncommonly... | |
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