 ... jacket, trowsers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hang the other, and the short one won the toss. They got upon the wall, the one to submit, and the other to hang him on the lampiron. They both agreed in this statement. The tall one,...  Omniana, Or Horæ Otiosiores - Side 135af Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 330 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1811 - 610 sider
...man, about six feet high, hanging by his neck from a lamp was hanged won the others jacket, rrowsers, and shoes; — they then tossed up which should hang the other, and (he short one wofe the toss. — They got upon the wall the one to submit and the other to hang him... | |
 | 1812 - 374 sider
...and afterwards for their clothes. The tall man, vli« was banged, won the other's jacket, trowsers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hang...upon the wall, the one to submit, and the other to han^ him on the lamp-iron. They both agreed iu this statement. The tall one, who had been hanged, said,... | |
 | 1812 - 438 sider
...other, and the short man won the toss. They got upon the xvall, tinone to submit, and the other to h.uig him on the lampiron. They both agreed in this statement. — The tall uiic, who had been hanged, said, if he had won the toss, he would have hanged the other. H said, he... | |
 | 1813 - 818 sider
...money, and afterwards for their clothes; the tall man who was hanged won the other's jacket, trowsers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hang...statement. The tall one, who had been hanged, said, if he had won the toss, he would have hanged the other. He said, he then felt the effects upon his neck of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1814 - 536 sider
...manner, and worse than brutes, tossed up who should hang each other. The short one won that toss, and they got upon the wall, the one to submit and the other to carry their savage bet into execution on the lamp-iron. They both agreed in this statement. The tall... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 976 sider
...money, and afterwards for their clothes; the tall man who was hanged won the other's jacket, trowsers, and shoes; they then tossed up which should hang the...statement. The tall one, who had been hanged, said, if he had won the toss, he would have hanged the other. He saiil, he then felt the effects upon his neck... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 sider
...for money, and afterwards for their clothes. The man who was hanged won the other's jacket, trowsers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hang...the other, and the short one won the toss. They got on the wall, the one to submit, the other to hang him on the lamp iron. They both agreed in this statement.... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1870 - 462 sider
...who was hanged won the other's jacket, trousers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hung the other, and the short one won the toss. They got...statement. The tall one, who had been hanged, said if he had won the toss he would have hanged the other. He said he then felt the effects upon his neck of... | |
 | Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1888 - 370 sider
...most wanton and brutal manner tossed up who should hang the other ; the short one won that toss, and they got upon the wall, the one to submit, and the other to carry their savage purpose into execution on the lamp-iron. They both agreed in this statement : the... | |
 | John Ashton - 1898 - 332 sider
...and afterwards for their clothes ; the tall man, who was hanged, won the other's jacket, trousers, and shoes ; they then tossed up which should hang...the one to submit, and the other to hang him on the lamp iron. They both agreed in this statement. The tall one, who had been hanged, said, if he had won... | |
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