Memoirs of the Sansons: From Private Notes and Documents (1688-1847)Henri Sanson, Charles Henri Sanson Chatto and Windus, 1876 |
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... victim , as well as every common criminal , had passed during two centuries . They had exercised their functions for nearly two hundred years . They had hung , beheaded , quartered , and tortured from father to son without inter ...
... victim , as well as every common criminal , had passed during two centuries . They had exercised their functions for nearly two hundred years . They had hung , beheaded , quartered , and tortured from father to son without inter ...
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... victim of a judicial mistake , and a more recent gang of the worst class of criminals , Papavoine , Castaing , Lacenaire , Soufflard , Poulmann . It struck me that in all this there was matter for a work whereof the interest and utility ...
... victim of a judicial mistake , and a more recent gang of the worst class of criminals , Papavoine , Castaing , Lacenaire , Soufflard , Poulmann . It struck me that in all this there was matter for a work whereof the interest and utility ...
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... victim had recovered ; M. Tiquet was quite well again , and no proof tended to show that Angélique was responsible for the second attempt on her husband's life . And then Mdme . Tiquet was handsome , witty , and accomplished , and she ...
... victim had recovered ; M. Tiquet was quite well again , and no proof tended to show that Angélique was responsible for the second attempt on her husband's life . And then Mdme . Tiquet was handsome , witty , and accomplished , and she ...
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... victim a few words of exhortation . The poor woman could hardly forbear from comparing the times when this magistrate was sighing at her feet , with the present occasion . I am not afraid to die , ' she said . ' The day which brings my ...
... victim a few words of exhortation . The poor woman could hardly forbear from comparing the times when this magistrate was sighing at her feet , with the present occasion . I am not afraid to die , ' she said . ' The day which brings my ...
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... victim . The blood spurted out , but the head did not fall . A cry of horror rose from the crowd . Sanson de Longval struck again ; again the hissing of the sword was heard , but the head was not separated from the body . The cries of ...
... victim . The blood spurted out , but the head did not fall . A cry of horror rose from the crowd . Sanson de Longval struck again ; again the hissing of the sword was heard , but the head was not separated from the body . The cries of ...
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Memoirs of the Sansons: From Private Notes and Documents (1688-1847) Henri Sanson,Charles Henri Sanson Visualização de excertos - 1876 |
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Abbé accomplices ancestor answered appeared arrested asked Assembly assistants Bailly became blood Camille Desmoulins capital punishment Cartouche Charles Henri Sanson Charles Jean-Baptiste Charles Sanson Charlotte Corday Citizen cloth extra Conciergerie Convention convicts court cried crime criminal crowd Crown 8vo culprit Damiens Danton Desmoulins Edited exclaimed execution executioner executioner's father favour fear Fouquier France François friends gave gendarmes gilt Girondins Gorsas grandfather guillotine hands head heard Hébert honour Illustrations inflicted innocent Jacques Jean Jean-Baptiste Sanson justice King knife Lally latter Lesurques lieutenant livres looked Louis Louis XVI Madame Marquis Marquis de Favras Mdme ment Motte murder Nivôse o'clock Paris Parliament Pierre Place de Grève poor priest prisoners profession punishment Revolution Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre scaffold sent soldiers suffered taken thought tion Tiquet to-day told torture trial turned victim wife WILKIE COLLINS wished woman words young
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