 USURPER. 135 and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they hanged up by the feet, and smoked with foul smoke ; some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hung coats of mail on their feet. They put them into dungeons with adders, and snakes, and toads....  The History of England - 135 ページSir James Mackintosh 著 - 1830全文表示 - この書籍について
 | James Orange - 1840 - 542 ページ
...them in prison for their silver and gold, and inflicted upon them unutterable tortures, some they hung up by the feet and smoked with foul smoke ; some by the thumbs, or by the beard, and hung coats of heavy mail on their feet. They threw them 1 into dungeons with noisome reptiles, — thousands perished... | |
 | William Howitt - 1846 - 376 ページ
...seized those whom they supposed to have any goods, and threw them into prison for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they...by the thumbs, or by the beard, and hung coats of heavy mail on their feet. They threw them into dungeons with adders and snakes and toads They made... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 900 ページ
...suppression of abbeys, umler Henry VIII., Stephen's :сшЬ was rifled, and his bones were cast into the sea. them unutterable tortures. Some they hanged up by...some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hung coats of heavy mail on their feet. They threw them into dungeons with adders, and snakes, and toads They made... | |
 | Henry White - 1851 - 214 ページ
...supposed to have any goods, men and labouring women, and threw them into prison for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they...smoke; some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hung weights to their feet. They put them into dungeons with adders, snakes, and toads. Many thousands they... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 676 ページ
...brigands to extort from the people the produce of their industry. " Some," says the Saxon chronicler, " they hanged up by the feet, and smoked with foul smoke...toads ; many thousands they wore out with hunger." In short, the reign of Stephen was a condensation of all the evils of lawless power — neither justice... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 530 ページ
...to have any goods, men, and labouring women, and threw them into prison. for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they...by the beard, and hung coats of mail on their feet, — rhi-y put them into dungeons with adders, and snakes, and toads, — many thousands they wore out... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 ページ
...threw them into prison, and " tortured them for their gold and silver. Some they hanged up by their feet, and smoked with foul smoke; some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hung coats of heavy mail oh their feet. They threw them into dungeons with adders, snakes, and toads. They made many... | |
 | John Wade - 1856 - 862 ページ
...the Saxon Chronicle, " they hanged up by the feet and smoked with foul einoke ; some by the thumbs or the beard, and hung coats of mail on their feet. They put them into dungeons, witti adders, and snakes, and toads. Many thousand* they wore out with hunger." These disorders were... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 422 ページ
...those whom they supposed to have any goods, and threw them into prisons for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they...some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hung coats of heavy mail on their feet. They threw them into dungeons, with adders, and snakes, and toads. . . .... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1860 - 450 ページ
...seized those whom they supposed to have any goods, and threw theminto prisons for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Some they...foul smoke ; some by the thumbs or by the beard, and hungcoats of heavy mail on their feet. They threw them into dungeons, with adders, and snakes, and... | |
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