 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 628 sayfa
...ropes, ami tlic one most commonly used, was inflicted by stretching tlie victim, naked as before, on bis back along a wooden horse or hollow bench with sticks...like a ladder, and prepared for the purpose. To this hi« feet, hands, and head were strongly bound, in such manner a» to leave him no room to move. In... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 496 sayfa
...weights reach the ground, in order to render the shock of his body the greater. The torture of the rack, also called that of water and ropes, and the one most commonly used, is inflicted by stretching the victim, naked as before, on his back, along a wooden horse or hollow... | |
 | Cyrus Mason - 1843 - 218 sayfa
...weights reached the ground, in order to render the shock of the body greater. The torture of the rack, also called that of water and ropes, and the one most...commonly used, was inflicted by stretching the victim on his back along a wooden horse, or hollow bench, with sticks across like a ladder, and prepared for... | |
 | 1852 - 336 sayfa
...History of the Inquisition," published by P. Dixon Hardy, &c., Dublin: — " The torture of the rack, also called that of water and ropes, and the one most...or hollow bench, with sticks across, like a ladder, prepared for the purpose. To this his feet, hands, and head, were strongly bound, in such a manner... | |
 | Albert Barnes King - 1900 - 236 sayfa
...the shock of the body the greater. " The torture of the rack was inflicted by stretching the victim on his back along a wooden horse or hollow bench, with sticks across like a ladder. To this his head, hands, and feet were bound in such a manner as to leave no room to move. The horse... | |
 | 1851 - 638 sayfa
...according to the circumstances of the crime, and the strength of the sufferer. The torture of the rack, also called that of water and ropes, and the one most commonly used, is inflicted by stretching the victim, naked as before, on his back, along a wooden horse or hollow... | |
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V.) also called that of water and ropes, and the one most commonly used, was inflicted by stretching the victim, naked as before, on his back along a wooden horse or hollow bench with sticks across, like a ladder, and prepared for the purpose. To this... 