 | Charles Rollin - 1808 - 476 pages
...basket of figs, which a peasant had lately brought. She placed it by her, and/ a moment after laid down, as if she had fallen asleep. But that was the...guards had orders to let nothing pass without a strict examination ; but the disguised peasant, who was one of the queen's faithful servants, played his part... | |
 | W. D. Cooper - 1818 - 314 pages
...lay down, a* if she had fallen asleep ; but that was the effect of the asp, which was concealed among the fruit, and had stung- her in the arm, which she...itself to the heart, and killed her without pain. Thus died this princess, whose wit and beauty had made so much noise in the world, in the year of Rome... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1820 - 382 pages
...fruit, aи? had stung her in .the arm, whieh she had held to it. The poison immediately communieated itself to the heart, and killed her without pain,...guards had orders to let -nothing pass without a strict examination i but the disgnised peasant, who was one of the queen's faithful servants, played his part... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...down, as if she bad fallen asleep ; but this was the. effect of the asp, which was concealed among the fruit, and had stung her in the arm, which she...had held to it. The poison immediately communicated to the heart, and killed her without pain. ' , 7. Thus died, in the thirty-ninth year of her* age,,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 pages
...lay down, as if she had fallen asleep ; but this was the effect of the asp, which was concealed among the fruit, and had stung her in the arm, which she...had held to it. The poison immediately communicated to the heart, and killed her without pain. 7. Thus died, in the thirty-ninth year of her age, this... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - 1836 - 300 pages
...asleep. But that was the effect of the uBpic, which was concealed amongst the fruit, and had stung her ш the arm, which she had held to it. The poison immediately communicated itself to tli3 heart, and killed her without jiuin, or voi,. viu. о being perceived by any hody. The guards... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1841 - 296 pages
...asleep. But that was the effect of the aspic, which was concealed amongst the fruit, and had stung her m the arm, which she had held to it. The poison immediately communicated itself to tb.2 heart, and killed her without pain, or voi.. vin. a being perceived by any body. The guards had... | |
 | Victor E. Kastner - 1883 - 266 pages
...laid down, as if she had fallen asleep. But that was the effect of the asp which was concealed among the fruit and had stung her in the arm which she had held out to it. The poison immediately communicated itself to the heart, and killed her without pain or... | |
 | 1887 - 832 pages
...effect of the aspic, which was concealed amongst the fruit, and which had stung her in the arm that she had held to it. The poison immediately communicated...itself to the heart, and killed her without pain, or its workings being perceived by anybody. The guards had orders to let nothing pass without a strict... | |
 | Victor Kastner - 1901 - 264 pages
...laid down, as if she had fallen asleep. But that was the work of the asp which was concealed among the fruit and had stung her in the arm which she had held out to it. The poison immediately communicated itself to the heart, and killed her without pain or... | |
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She placed it by her, and/ a moment after laid down, as if she had fallen asleep. But that was the effect of the aspic, which was concealed amongst the fruit, and had stung her in the arm, which she had held to it. The poison immediately communicated... 