 Never was such a specimen of that insane pride. The very agony of this man's humiliation had a spice of holy exultation in it ; there was in the most penitent of his lugubrious glances still something that said, or seemed to say — " Abuse me — spurn...  The History of Matthew Wald - 第 218 頁John Gibson Lockhart 著 - 1824 - 382 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1824 - 758 頁
...the language of Scripture, styling himself ' a sinner, and the chief of sinners.' Never was such * specimen of that insane pride. The very agony of this...been knocked off ere I entered the cell ; and clothed on he was in a most respectable suit of black, and with that fixed and imperturbable solemnity of air... | |
 | 1840 - 294 頁
...say — " Abuse me — spurn me as you will — -I loathe myself also ; but this deed is Satan's.11 Indeed, he always continued to speak quite gravely of his " trespass," his " backsliding,11 his " sore temptation !" I was present also with him during the final scene. His irons... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1843 - 436 頁
...Power of the Air — Seven-and-thirty pounds — Ah, my brethren ! call me not an olive, until thou see me gathered. I thought that I stood fast, and...trespass," his " back-sliding," his " sore temptation !" 1 was present also with him during the final scene. His irons had been knocked off ere I entered... | |
 | Kentigern (st.) - 1843 - 454 頁
...me—spurn me as you will—I loathe myself also; but this deed is Satan's." Indeed, till the final scene, he always continued to speak quite gravely of his..."trespass," his "backsliding," his "sore temptation!" In general, at least in Scotland, the crowd assembled upon the occasion of executions receive the victim... | |
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