 ... his chair and bed. A little calendar of small sticks were laid at the head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there; he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 581839Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...nights he had passed there'. He had one of these little sticks in his hand',d and', with a rusty nail', was etching another day of misery to add to the heap'....and went on with his work of affliction'. I heard his chains upon his legs' as he turned his body', to lay his little stick upon the bundle'. — He... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there. 9. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching...hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook nis head, and went on with his work of affliction. 10. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...— nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice. one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching...head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there — he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. 17. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...had passed there'. He had one of these little sticks in his hand',d and', with a rusty nail', v.'as etching another day of misery to add to the heap'....and went on with his work of affliction'. I heard his chains upon his legs' as he turned his body', to lay his little stick upon the bundle'. — He... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1869 - 664 pages
...notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed (here. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of mi-cry to add (o the heap. As I darkened the little light he bad, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards... | |
 | 1831 - 446 pages
...all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there — be had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching...light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the dour, then custit down — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains... | |
 | Antoine Alexandre Boniface - 1842 - 224 pages
...notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there—he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and, with a rusty nail, he was etching...the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye toward the door, then cast it down—shook his head, and went on (2) with his work of affliction. I... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pages
...and nights he had passed there : he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail was etching another day of misery to add to the heap....his head, and went on with his work of affliction." The foregoing observations may account, in part, for the effect which exhibitions of fictitious distress... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there ; he had one of these little sticks the Lcat Mituttrcl. The novelty and originality of...to go back to Spenser and Chaucer ere he could fi his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little »tick upon the bundle. He gave a... | |
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