 Not that all this time his mind was for an instant free from one oppressive overwhelming sense of the grave that opened at his feet ; it was ever present to him, but in a vague and general way, and he could not fix his thoughts upon it. Thus, even while...  Works - Pagina 429door Charles Dickens - 1843Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - 1923 - 328 pagina’s
...him, but in a vague and general way, and he could not fix his thoughts upon it. Thus, even while he trembled, and turned burning hot at the idea of speedy death, he fell to counting the iron 55 spikes before him, and wondering how the head of one had been broken off, and whether they would... | |
 | Richard Maxwell - 1992 - 454 pagina’s
...to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes" [52, 404]. His mind is restless. "Then, he thought of all the horrors of the gallows...scaffold — and stopped to watch a man sprinkling the floor to cool it — and then went on to think again" [52, 405]. A little later, when Oliver and Mr.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2005 - 657 pagina’s
...him, but in a vague and general way, and he could not fix his thoughts upon it. Thus, even while he trembled and turned burning hot at the idea of speedy...scaffold— and stopped to watch a man sprinkling the floor to cool it — and then went on to think again. At length there was a cry of silence, and a breathless... | |
 | 584 pagina’s
...him, but in a vague and general way, and he could not fix his thoughts upon it. Thus, even while he trembled, and turned burning hot at the idea of speedy...scaffold — and stopped to watch a man sprinkling the floor to cool it — and then went on to think again. At length there was a cry of silence, and a breathless... | |
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