| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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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