 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...a kind of iron boot close on the leg, and drive wedges between this and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg ; but...told they were sometimes driven upon the shin bone." The Boot seems originally to have been brought from France, where it was known under the name of Le... | |
 | English drama - 1780 - 508 pages
...the leg, and drive wedges between thefe and the ' leg. The common torture wds only to :lrive thefe in the calf of the ' leg : but I have been told they were forr.etimes driven upon the ihin ( bone.'* Bilifjo. Biliofo. Marry, my good lord, quoth he, your lordlhip... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 606 pages
...on the leg, and drive wedges between thefe and the leg. The common torture was only to drive thefe in the calf of the leg : but I have been told they were fometimes driven upon the (hin bone." REED. * However, tut a folly, &c.] This love will end in *fv>lift>... | |
 | John Cartwright - Great Britain - 1804 - 246 pages
...when, by the influence of Archbishop Sharp, the civil government put one Maccail to the torture. " He bore the torture with " great constancy ; and,..." or he had the firmness not to discover those who " trusted him. Every man of them could have " saved his own life, if he would accuse any other : "... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg: but...told they were sometimes driven upon the shin bone." Seed. 6 However, but a folly, &c.] This love will end in a foolish an* tion, to produce which, you... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg: but...have been told they were sometimes driven upon the shinbone." Reed. 6 However, but a folly, &.c.] This love will end in a. foolish action, to produce... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg; but I have been told they were (ouietimcs driven upon the shin bone." upward ; and that were a strange sight, you know. Hi!. There... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 630 pages
...the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these iu the calf of the leg; but I have been told they were luinctimes driven upon the shin bone." CO MARSTON.] upward ; and that were a strange sight, \ . m know.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...desire ? Once more adieu : my father at the road Expects my coming, there to see me shipp'd. torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg : but...told they were sometimes driven upon the shin bone." REED. 8 However, but a FOLLY, &c.] This love will end in a foolish action, to produce which you are... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg, but...have been told they were sometimes driven upon the shin-bone:" There is extant a history of this M'Kaile, which tills us, that being apprehended with... | |
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So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between these and the leg. The common torture was only to drive these in the calf of the leg: but I have been told... 
