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" ... secretary and two notaries, with other officers of the holy council, were attending in their places. The prisoner was placed behind a bar at the foot of the table between the messengers who brought him in, and having made his obeisance to the awful... "
The Stanley tales, original and select - Page 150
by Ambrose Marten - 1827
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...declare his name, parentage, profession, age, place of abode, and to answe >arious internegatories of the like trifling nature: His excellency the inquisidor...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows — " Nicolai "Pedrosa, we have...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 43

British essayists - 1803 - 278 pages
...fathers were in council and 02 demanded him for examination. ' This is something extraordinary,'quoth the tormentor,' I should not have expected it this...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows— ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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Beauties of British Prose

Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...and having made his obeisance to the awful presence in the most supplicating mannei' he was called on according to the usual form of questions by one of...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows : — ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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The British Essayists;: Observer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...officers of the holy council, were attending in their places. The prisoner was placed behind a bar at (he foot of the table between the messengers who brought...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows — ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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The British Essayists;: Observer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...manner, he was called upon according to the usual form of questions by one of the junior judges ta declare his name, parentage, profession, age, place...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows— ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 33-34

British essayists - 1823 - 754 pages
...is something extraordinary,' quoth the tormentor, ' I should not have expected it this twelvementh to come.' Pedrosa's fetters were struck off; some...and, in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows : — ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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The British Essayists: Observer

English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...thrown over him, and the messenger with an assistant taking him each under ar> arm led him intoaspacious chamber, where at the head of a long table sate his...and, in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows: — ' Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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The British Essayists: Observer

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 370 pages
...taking him each under an arm, led him into a spacious chamber, where at the head of a long table sat his excellency the inquisidor general, with six of...and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows— " Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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Observer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 416 pages
...to answer various interrogatories of the like trifling nature: his excellency the inquisidor-general now opened his reverend lips, and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows— other officers of the holy...
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“The” British Essayists: Observer

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1856 - 388 pages
...answer various interrogatories of the like trifling nature. His excellency, the inquisidor-general, now opened his reverend lips, and in a solemn tone of voice, that penetrated to the heart of the poor trembling prisoner, interrogated him as follows : — " Nicolas Pedrosa, we have...
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