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" Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,... "
Retrospect of Western Travel - Page 284
by Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 239 pages
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...an unoccupied apartment. — With noiseless foot he pates the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet; the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment.—With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon; he winds up the...
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The Fourth Reader for the Use of Schools

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...was sweet, — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 6. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the...
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The Beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: Selected and Arranged, with a ...

Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 pages
...sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters through a window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment....the chamber. Of this, he moves the lock, by soft and con. tinned pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise, and he enters, and beholds his victim...
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Truth Made Simple: Being the First Volume of a System of Theology for ...

John Todd - 1839 - 444 pages
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft, but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon : he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the The chamber...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon ; - he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber....
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The Village Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools

George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...sleep was sweet;—the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 8. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. struggle, or a motion, from the repose...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the nigbt held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters,...and continued pressure, till it turns on its hinges without noise ; and he enters, and beholds his victim before him. The room was uncommonly open to the...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...— a healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet ; — the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace." The assassin enters,...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half-lighted by the moon; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber....
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...sleep was sweet;—the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong cmbrace. The assassin enters, through the window ! already...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely i hall, half-lighted by the moon; he winds up j the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the...
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