 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1794 - 478 pages
...that they were inftruments of torture, and it ftruck her, that fome poor wretch had once been fattened in this chair, and had there been ftarved to death....moment, it occurred to her, that her aunt might have b$en one of thefe victims, and that fhe lierfelf might be the next ! An acute pain feized her head,... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1799 - 478 pages
...they were inftru- , ments of torture, and it ftruck her, that fome poor wretch had once been fattened in this chair, and had there been ftarved to death....be the next ! ' An An acute pain feized her head, die was fcarcely able to hold the lamp, and, looking round for fupport, was feating herfelf, j unconfcioufly,... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1806 - 480 pages
...struck her, that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this chair, and had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought; but, what...occurred to her, that her aunt might have been one of these victims, and that she herself might be the next ! An acute pain seized her head, she was scarcely... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1824 - 820 pages
...struck her, that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this chair, and had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought; but, what...occurred to her, that her aunt might have been one of these victims, and that she herself might be the next ! An acute pain seized her head, she was scarcely... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1826 - 836 pages
...it struck her that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this cnair, aad had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought ; but, what was her agony, ยป lirn, in the next moment, it occurred to her, that her aunt might have been one of these victims,... | |
 | Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Charles Robert Maturin - Detective and mystery stories - 1891 - 360 pages
...it struck her that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this chair, and had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought ; but, what...occurred to her that her aunt might have been one of these victims, and that she herself might be the next ! An acute pain seized her head, she was scarcely... | |
 | Steven Bruhm - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 210 pages
...struck her, that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this chair, and had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought; but, what...occurred to her, that her aunt might have been one of these victims, and that she herself might be the next! An acute pain seized her head, she was scarcely... | |
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As she continued to survey them, she concluded that they were instruments of torture, and it struck her, that some poor wretch had once been fastened in this chair, and had there been starved to death. She was chilled by the thought; but, what was her... 