 | 1778 - 630 էջ
...principal difcourfe all dinner-time, was only, who it was that beheaded the king ; one faid it was th» common hangman; another, Hugh Peters ; others alfo...miftaken ; they have not named the man that did the faÄ ; it was Lieutenant Colonel Joyce ; I was in the room when he fitted himfelf for the work ; ftood... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 560 էջ
...was " the common hangman ; another, Hugh Peters; " others alfo were nominated, but none con" eluded. Robert Spavin, fo foon as dinner was " done, took...by the hand, and carried me to " the fouth window. Thefe are all miftaken, " faith he ; they have not named the man that did 4* die fact. It was Lieutenant-Colonel... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 516 էջ
...and feveral " others, along with him to dinner 5 and that " the " the principal difcourfe at dinner was only, Who " it was that beheaded the King ? One...by the hand, and carried " me to the fouth window. Thefe are all mif" taken, faith he ; they have not named the man " that did the faft. It was Lieutenant-Colonel... | |
 | 1801 - 554 էջ
...that beheaded the king ; one faid it was the common hangman; another, Hugh Peters ; others alfowere nominated, but none concluded. Robert Spavin, fo foon as dinner was done, took me by the hind, and carried me to the fouth window : faith he, ' Thefe are all miftaken ; they have not named... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - 1825 - 430 էջ
...hangman ; another, Hugh Peters ; others were also nominated; but none concluded. Robert Spavin so soon as dinner was done, took me by the hand ; . and carried me to the south window : saith he, " 'These are all mistaken; they have not named the man that did the fact ;... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 էջ
...hangman ; another, Hugh Peters; others also were nominated, but none concluded. Robert Spavin, so soon as dinner was done, took me by the hand, and carried me to the south window ; saith he, ' These are all mistaken, they have not named the man that did the fact ;... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 էջ
...hangman ; another, Hugh Peters; others also were nominated, but none concluded. Robert Spavin, so soon as dinner was done, took me by the hand, and carried me to the south window ; saith he, ' These are all mistaken, they have not named the man that did the fact ;... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 էջ
...hangman ; another, Hugh Peters; others also were nominated, but none concluded. Robert Spavin, so soon not good, he should lose their custom ; with a special recomme south window ; saith he, ' These are all mistaken, they have not named the man that did the fact ;... | |
 | Charles Chadwicke Jones - 1828 - 540 էջ
...hangman; another, Hugh Peters; others also were nominated, but none concluded. Robert Spavin, so soon as dinner was done, took me by the hand and carried me to the south window: saith he, ' These are all mistaken ; they have not named the man that did the tact; it... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 էջ
...beheaded the King ; one said it was the common hangman, another HUGH PETERS, &c. Robert Spavin, as soon as dinner was done, took me by the hand, and carried me to the South window—' These are all mistaken ; they have not named the man that did the fact — it was... | |
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I was in the room when he fitted himself for the work, stood behind him when he did it; when done, went in again with him: there is no man knows this but my master, viz. 
