 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 350 pages
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given, and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...sure work; and he yet plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life had been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He even raises the aged arm, that... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - Oratory - 1879 - 262 pages
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given I and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1879 - 780 pages
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and lie plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon.... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given, and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...heart, and replaces it again over the wounds of the poignard! To finish the picture, he explores the wrist for the pulse! he feels it, and ascertains that... | |
 | John Todd - 1882 - 996 pages
...aged temple, showed him where to strike ! " The fatal blow is given ; and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...that he may not fail in his aim at the heart, and replaees it again over the wounds of the poniard. To finish the picture, he explores the wrist for... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - Literature - 1885 - 620 pages
...his aged temple, show him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to...the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though k is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 528 pages
...plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He raises the aged arm that he may not fail in his aim...heart, and replaces it again over the wounds of the poignard. He explores the wrist for the pulse, and ascertains that it beats no longer. It is accomplished.... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 496 pages
...moon resting on the gray locks show him where to strike. . . . The victim passes without a struggle to the repose of death. It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | John Nichol - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...moon resting on the gray locks show him where to strike. . . . The victim passes without a struggle to the repose of death. It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he plies the dagger, though it is obvious that life has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon. He... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...aged temple, showed him where to strike. The fatal blow is given ! and the victim passes, without a 'struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death ! 10. It is the assassin's purpose to make sure work ; and he yet plies the dagger, though it was obvious... | |
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... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death... 
