 | 1841 - 754 pages
...prisoner expired under the severe application that would be necessary to force the truth from him, he might be called to account. Two hours afterwards,...directing him ' to use the gentler torture first, el sic per gradus ad ima tenditur. And so God speed you in your good work!' Thus armed, and fearless... | |
 | 1841 - 744 pages
...prisoner expired under the severe application that would be necessary to force the truth from him, he might be called to account. Two hours afterwards,...God speed you in your good work!" Thus armed, and frarless of the consequences, the lieutenant summoned Jasper Ipgreve. ' We have a very refractory prisoner... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1841 - 710 pages
...prisoner expired under the severe application that would be necessary to force the truth from him, he might be called to account. Two hours afterwards,...directing him " to use the gentler torture first, et tic per gradus ad ima tenditur. And so God speed you in your good work ! " Thus armed, and fearless... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1850 - 582 pages
...prisoner expired under the severe application that would be necessary to force the truth from him, he might be called to account. Two hours afterwards the...the gentler torture first, et sic per gradus ad ima teudilur. And so God speed you in your good work!" " We have a very refractory prisoner to deal with,"... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1853 - 374 pages
...torture, dated 6th November 1604 (1605) is still preserved, concluding in these remarkable words : " using the gentler torture first, et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur, and so God speed you in your good work !" The comparison of the several signatures of Fawkes to the original deposiby dyvers of the Privie... | |
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... might be called to account. Two hours afterwards the messenger returned with the Warrant. It was in the handwriting of the King, and contained a list of interrogations to be put to the prisoner, concluding by directing him " to use the gentler torture... 