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| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 768 páginas
...hanged, much to the disgrace of the administration of justice. "Neither the judges," says Clarendon, 9 "nor any present at the trial, did believe him guilty;...wretch, weary of his life, and chose to part with it this way." A medal was struck in commemoration of the plague and fire. The eye of God is in the centre... | |
| Walter George Bell - 1920 - 468 páginas
...might have saved though he had been guilty, since he was only accused upon his own confession ; yet neither the judges nor any present at the trial did...his life, and chose to part with it in this way." CHAPTER XI OUTCRY AGAINST THE CATHOLICS THE King was greatly perturbed by the popular agitation which... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 664 páginas
...to Clarendon, neither the judges nor any person present at his trial believed his story, but all saw that he was a poor distracted wretch, weary of his life and anxious to part with it in this way. Yet the jury found him guilty, and the king and the judges, notwithstanding... | |
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