 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,...  Daniel Webster, a Character Sketch - Page 163by Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - 1903 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin W. Atwell - 1867 - 106 pages
...butcherly murder, for mere pay. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and ou all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet — the first sound slumber.) of the night hold him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters through the window,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, halflighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 pages
...illustrate this fact : " Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong cmbrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...his roof. A healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet,—the first sound slumbers of the night hold him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin...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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof: a healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet — the...the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 9. The assassin enters", through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...butcherly murder, for mere pay. 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 hold him in their soft, but strong embrace. 3. The assassin enters through the window, already prepared,... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1871 - 396 pages
...present tense, as though the thing was happening now, in the presence of the judge and jury, and says : "The assassin enters, through the window already prepared,...noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by tbe moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber." After using... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by fhe moon. He winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber. Of this he moves... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 pages
...the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof: a healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet — the...the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. 9. The assassin enters", through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pages
...nature, a fiend, in the ordinary display and development of his character. and on all beneath his' roof. A healthful -old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the...sound slumbers of the night held him in their .soft though strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window, already prepared, into an unoccupied... | |
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