Martin Faber: The Story of a CriminalJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 189 من الصفحات |
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... taking care to sup- press all particulars which might have modi- fied the offence of my teacher . The flogging he had given me , had been a most severe one —and , the cause not being heard , would seem to have been most brutal . This ...
... taking care to sup- press all particulars which might have modi- fied the offence of my teacher . The flogging he had given me , had been a most severe one —and , the cause not being heard , would seem to have been most brutal . This ...
الصفحة 91
... taking life , as if it were the crowning crime - it appears to me an error of society by which the existence of a being , lim- ited to a duration of years , is invested with so much importance . A few years lopt from the life of an ...
... taking life , as if it were the crowning crime - it appears to me an error of society by which the existence of a being , lim- ited to a duration of years , is invested with so much importance . A few years lopt from the life of an ...
الصفحة 92
... , then , placing my hands upon his shoulder with a deliberation which was signifi- cant of the deepest madness , I spoke : “ Look — you shall look upon me again . I have been guilty of this same crime of taking life 92 MARTIN FABER .
... , then , placing my hands upon his shoulder with a deliberation which was signifi- cant of the deepest madness , I spoke : “ Look — you shall look upon me again . I have been guilty of this same crime of taking life 92 MARTIN FABER .
الصفحة 93
... taking life . I have been , and am , a murderer . " He sprung upon his feet with undisguised horror . His face was ashen pale - his lips were parted in affright ; and while I held one of his hands , the other involuntarily was pass- ed ...
... taking life . I have been , and am , a murderer . " He sprung upon his feet with undisguised horror . His face was ashen pale - his lips were parted in affright ; and while I held one of his hands , the other involuntarily was pass- ed ...
الصفحة 95
... taking care that my description of each particular should be made as vivid as the solemn and bold truth cer- tainly made it . " I am a murderer ! William Harding ! " May God forgive you , Martin - but why have you told me this - would ...
... taking care that my description of each particular should be made as vivid as the solemn and bold truth cer- tainly made it . " I am a murderer ! William Harding ! " May God forgive you , Martin - but why have you told me this - would ...
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