| 1851 - 808 pages
...thus sunk down upon thr noceulcnt cushions, when a sharp click, as of some mechanism giving way, net her ears, and at the same instant her wrists were...treacherous chair, while two steel bands started from the richly carved back and grasped her shoulders. A sbiiek burst from her lips— she struggled violently,... | |
| Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 574 pages
...суея. and palpitating bosom, VenetiaTi-elawncy ribbed bark in lo the refreshment-room, where the threw herself into one of the arm-chairs already noticed. But scarcely had she thus sunk down upon the floceulent cushion, when a sharp click, as of some mechanism giving way, met her ears; and at the same... | |
| George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1863 - 432 pages
...an orgie in a brothel. With glowing cheeks, flashing eyes, and palpi-tating bosom, Venetia Trelawney rushed back into the refreshment-room, where she threw...sharp click as of some mechanism giving way met her ears—and at the same instant her wrists were caught in manacles which sprang out of the arms of the... | |
| George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1863 - 432 pages
...of the arm-chairs already noticed. But scarcely had she thus sank down upon the flocculent cashion, when a sharp click as of some mechanism giving way...out of the arms of the treacherous chair, while two ateel bands started from the richly-carved back and grasped her shoulders. Л shriek burst from her... | |
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