 | Vicesimus Knox - 1803 - 332 Seiten
...description of a captive. " As I darkened the little light he " had, he lifted up a hopeless eye toward the door, " then cast it down, shook his head, and...deep " sigh. I saw the iron enter into his soul." It is easy, but it is not necessary, to adduce many more instances in which a writer, who eminently... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 296 Seiten
...darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down fhook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little ftick upon the bundle He gave a deep figh I faw the iron enter into his foul — I burft into tears... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 502 Seiten
...hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down fhook his head, and went on with his work of afffiction. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little ftick upon-the bundle He gave a deep figh. I faw the iron enter into his foul — I burft into tears... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 Seiten
...day of mi»ery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had*, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down — shook...and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his cfiains upon his legs , as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle — He gave a... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 Seiten
...another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down — shook...bundle — He gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter his soul — I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture of confinement which my fancy had... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 430 Seiten
...another day of misery to add to the heap. As J darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down shook his head, and went on with his work of affli6\ion. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 Seiten
...the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door — then caft it down — fhook his head — and went on with his work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little ftick upon the bundle. He gave a deep figh. — I faw the iron enter into his foul. — I burft into... | |
 | 1806 - 360 Seiten
...light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door—then caft it down —fhook his head—and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains...his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little flick upon the bundle. He gave a deep figh.—I faw the iron enter into his foul.— I burft into tears.—I... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 Seiten
...his description of the captive, ' As I darkened the little ' light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, ' then cast it down, shook his...a deep sigh. I saw the iron enter into his soul.? — It ' would be easy to adduce many other instances, in which a ' writer, who eminently excelled... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 Seiten
...he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the dear, then cast it down — shook his head, and went on wit\ his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned hie body to lay his little stick upon the bundle — He gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter into... | |
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... head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there : — he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he... 
