 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 sayfa
...prisoner was placed with his legs naked in the stocks, the soles of his feet were then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them,...obstinacy. This species of torture was deemed the niojt cruel of all ; but this as well as the others, were indifferently applied to persons of both... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 496 sayfa
...the prisoner is placed with his legs naked in the stocks; the soles of his feet are then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them, by the heat of which they become perfectly fried. When his complaints of the pain are loudest, a board is placed between his... | |
 | Samuel Simon Schmucker - 1838 - 152 sayfa
...soles of hi» feet are then well greased with lard (or other penetrating and inflammable substances'7) and a blazing chafingdish applied to them, by the heat of which they become perfectly fried. When his shrieks and lamentations were greatest, a board was placed between... | |
 | Cyrus Mason - 1843 - 218 sayfa
...prisoner was placed upon his legs, naked, in the stocks ; the soles of his feet were then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them,...fire, and he was again commanded to confess ; but it was taken away if he was obstinate. This species of torture was deemed the most cruel of all ; but... | |
 | 1852 - 336 sayfa
...prisoner was placed with his legs naked in the stocks ; the soles of his feet were then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them,...cruel of all ; but this, as well as the others, were indiscriminately applied to persons of both sexes, at the will of the judges, according to the circumstances... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1860 - 648 sayfa
...Mason, New York, 1835. ** Stockdale's History of the Inquisition, p. 191, of the London 4to. ed. 1810. and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them, by the heat of which they become perfectly fried. When his shrieks and lamentations were greatest, a board was placed between... | |
 | 1851 - 638 sayfa
...the prisoner is placed with his legs naked in the stocks; the soles of his feet are then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them, by the heat of which they become perfectly fried. When his complaints of the pain are loudest, a board is placed between his... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1840 - 252 sayfa
...prisoner was placed with his legs naked in the stocks; the soles of his feet were then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them,...most cruel of all; but this, as well as the others, was indiscriminately applied to persons of both sexes, at the will of the judges, according to the... | |
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For the torture by fire, the prisoner was placed with his legs naked in the stocks ; the soles of his feet were then well greased with lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them, by the heat of which they became perfectly fried. When his complaints... 