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" The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He... "
Legal arguments and speeches to the jury, diplomatic and official papers ... - Page 54
by Daniel Webster - 1851
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...earth. The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him,...
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A Report of the Evidence and Points of Law, Arising in the Trial of John ...

John Francis Knapp - Trials (Murder) - 1830 - 258 pages
...The jsecret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and, like the evil spirit* of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating at hi« heart, rising to hit throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world seeg it in his...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 7

Law - 1832 - 504 pages
...possess him; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithsoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him,...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...possess him ; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him withersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him,...
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The Law Magazine: Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, Volume 12

Law - 1834 - 614 pages
...possess him; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whitliersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and de? mantling disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almas...
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1

Daniel Webster - United States - 1835 - 1166 pages
...possesses soon comes to possess him. and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes bun, ami leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating...to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks u>* whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hear» its workings in the very...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...earth. The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and, like the evil spirit of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions, from without, begin to embarrass him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater...
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1

Harriet Martineau - Slavery - 1838 - 342 pages
...earth. The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the...
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The Fourth Reader for the Use of Schools

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...earth. The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and like the evil spirits, of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever...breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net- of circumstance to entangle him....
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The Beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: Selected and Arranged, with a ...

Daniel Webster, James Rees - Orators - 1839 - 108 pages
...earth. The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him ; and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever...disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his BEAUTIES OP WEBSTER. 67 face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence...
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