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... least like- ly to check the rigors of this tribunal ; they were severe , they were inflexible : the solitude and austere life professed by them , and of which they seemed already tired ; the meanness of their dress and monasteries , so ...
... least like- ly to check the rigors of this tribunal ; they were severe , they were inflexible : the solitude and austere life professed by them , and of which they seemed already tired ; the meanness of their dress and monasteries , so ...
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... least abate its rigors . The inquisitors give an order under their own hands , to the executioner , for the apprehension of the person impeach- ed , who takes with him a sufficient num- ber of the familiars in order to prevent a rescue ...
... least abate its rigors . The inquisitors give an order under their own hands , to the executioner , for the apprehension of the person impeach- ed , who takes with him a sufficient num- ber of the familiars in order to prevent a rescue ...
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Inquisition Tribunal of rev John Weld. is allowed to make the least resistance , or even to speak a single word in favor of the wretched prisoner , who is not in- dulged with a moment's respite to settle his most important affairs , or ...
Inquisition Tribunal of rev John Weld. is allowed to make the least resistance , or even to speak a single word in favor of the wretched prisoner , who is not in- dulged with a moment's respite to settle his most important affairs , or ...
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... which will not permit rela- tions , when imprisoned in its horrid dungeons , to give each other the least succor , or to perform the duties which religion injoins . What disorder and confusion must such a conduct give rise 31.
... which will not permit rela- tions , when imprisoned in its horrid dungeons , to give each other the least succor , or to perform the duties which religion injoins . What disorder and confusion must such a conduct give rise 31.
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... least step in his favor , in order to prove his innocence : he sees himself instantly abandoned to his inflexible judges , to malancholy and despair , and even often to his most inveterate enemies , quite uncertain of his fate ...
... least step in his favor , in order to prove his innocence : he sees himself instantly abandoned to his inflexible judges , to malancholy and despair , and even often to his most inveterate enemies , quite uncertain of his fate ...
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Page 193 - God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead ; and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly. really, and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ...
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Page 151 - ... behind, in such a manner, that the back of each hand touched, and stood exactly parallel one to the other; whereby both my shoulders were dislocated, and a considerable quantity of blood issued from my mouth. This torture was repeated thrice...
Page 178 - The present king and his brothers were seated at a window so near as to be addressed for a considerable time in very moving terms by the man as he was burning. But though the favour he begged was only a few more faggots, yet he was not able to obtain it.
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Page 153 - Then the executioner, stretching the end of this rope, by means of a roller placed at a distance behind him, pressed or bruised his stomach in proportion as the ends of the chain were drawn tighter. They tortured him in this manner to such a degree, that his wrists, as well as his shoulders, were quite dislocated. They were, however, soon set by the surgeons ; but the barbarians, not yet satisfied with this...