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... asked for a basin and water ; and alone with God who sees in our hearts I solemnly laved those hands which the blood of my brethren was henceforth never to soil . I then repaired to my mother's apartment . I can still see her in her ...
... asked for a basin and water ; and alone with God who sees in our hearts I solemnly laved those hands which the blood of my brethren was henceforth never to soil . I then repaired to my mother's apartment . I can still see her in her ...
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... asked how , with such sentiments , I could discharge so long my functions of headsman , I will merely refer the reader to the singular circumstances attendant on my birth . When I was yet a boy it was my bane to help my father ; I was ...
... asked how , with such sentiments , I could discharge so long my functions of headsman , I will merely refer the reader to the singular circumstances attendant on my birth . When I was yet a boy it was my bane to help my father ; I was ...
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... asking for God's mercy , I wish to confess my sins , and to state the reasons that led me to adopt the miserable profession of executioner , so that they may forgive me if I deserve forgiveness ; and on Thursday , the eleventh day of ...
... asking for God's mercy , I wish to confess my sins , and to state the reasons that led me to adopt the miserable profession of executioner , so that they may forgive me if I deserve forgiveness ; and on Thursday , the eleventh day of ...
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... asked her what made her cry , she replied that I could not love her , that my affection must bring down heavy calamities . upon my head ; and she ordered and beseeched me to go away , as her father might come out and see us ...
... asked her what made her cry , she replied that I could not love her , that my affection must bring down heavy calamities . upon my head ; and she ordered and beseeched me to go away , as her father might come out and see us ...
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... asking for my immediate attendance . I obeyed the summons and found the Marquis in violent anger against me . He said , with many impre- cations , that , not content with transgressing the edicts of the King , our sire , concerning ...
... asking for my immediate attendance . I obeyed the summons and found the Marquis in violent anger against me . He said , with many impre- cations , that , not content with transgressing the edicts of the King , our sire , concerning ...
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