| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...; and, had I not been able to take hold of the Seuora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk, encouraging... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...splashing became distinct, from the quantity of blood that was flowing. Incredible as it may seem, this awful penance continued without intermission...would occasionally find utterance. At the end of the half hour a little bell was rung, and they were called to desist. But such was the enthusiasm that... | |
| Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis) - Mexico - 1843 - 464 pages
...; and had I not been able to take hold of the Seriora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| 1844 - 546 pages
...sickening, and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora 's hand, and feel something human besides me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico - 1855 - 424 pages
...sickening ; and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico - 1855 - 424 pages
...sickening ; and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico - 1856 - 436 pages
...sickening; and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico - 1856 - 440 pages
...sickening ; and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora "s hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraging them... | |
| Robert Anderson Wilson - Mexico - 1856 - 426 pages
...sickening ; and had I not been able to take hold of the Senora 's hand, and feel something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. How and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk... | |
| Joseph Hendrickson McCarty - Mexico - 1888 - 304 pages
...sickening ; and had I not been able to take hold of the senora's hand and felt something human beside me, I could have fancied myself transported into a congregation of evil spirits. Now and then, but very seldom, a suppressed groan was heard, and occasionally the voice of the monk encouraged them... | |
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