 | 436 pagina’s
...habit. The narrow door of his tomb, turning upon its grating hinges, opened *ot as ufual by halves ; and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. Believing this to be a dream, he hefitated ; but at> length rofe up and walked forth with trembling fteps, amazed at the fpace he traverfed... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 pagina’s
...The narrow door of his tomb, turning upon its grating hinges, opened not as ufual by halves ; and aa unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. Believing this to be a dream, he hefitated ; but at length rofe up and walked forth with trembling fteps, amazed at the fpace he traverfed:... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 pagina’s
...opened not as usual, by halves, and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. . 6. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitated ; but at...forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the • conrt, seemed toliim vast, immense, and almost... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pagina’s
...habit. The narrow door of his tomb lurneH upon its grating hinges, opened not as usual, hy halves; and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitutc-d ; but at length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps, в mazed at the immense expanse,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pagina’s
...opened not as usual by halves, and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. 6. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitated ; but at...forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the court seemed to him vast, immense, and almost without... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pagina’s
...opened not as usual, by halves, when an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. 4. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitated ; but at...forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the court, seemed to him vast, immense, and almost... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1820 - 226 pagina’s
...announced his liberty,, and bade him. depart. 6. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitated - r butat length rose up and walked forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the courts seemed to him vast, immense, and almost... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pagina’s
...habit. The narrow door of his tomb, turning upon its grating hinges, opened not as usual by halves, and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade...forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the court, seemed to him vast, immense, and almost... | |
 | 1825 - 844 pagina’s
...compart^liabit. The narrow door of his tomb turned upon its grating hinges, opened not as usual, by. halves ; and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade...and walked forth with trembling steps, amazed at the immense expanse, almost without bounds. He stopped from time to time and gazed around UkeT a bewildered... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 pagina’s
...opened, not as usual, by halves, and an unknown voice announced his liberty, and bade him depart. C. Believing this to be a dream, he hesitated ; but at...forth with trembling steps, amazed at the space he traversed. The stairs of the prison, the halls, the courts seemed to him vast, immense, and al«no=t... | |
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His locks, white, thin, and scattered, had almost acquired the rigidity of iron ; whilst his body, environed for so long a time by a coffin of stone, had borrowed from it a firm and compact habit. The narrow door of his tomb, turning upon its grating... 
