 | William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 pages
...from whence you came, and from thence, in four weeks, be conveyed to the place, nf execution, there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God Mmighty have mercy upon your souls." Notwithstanding I had but little apprehension about the putting... | |
 | Camden Pelham - 1841 - 710 pages
...place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, where you will be severally hanged by the neck until you are dead ; and may the Lord, in his infinite goodness, have mercy on your guilty souls." This awful ceremony having been gone through,... | |
 | Wilkins Updike - 1842 - 328 pages
...the place from which they came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there you and each of you, are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and the Lord have mercy upon your souls. And the President then pronounced the said John Wilson and Henry... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...heard a sentence of death pronounced. His agitation was therefore extreme, when the terrible words : " You are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God have mercy on your soul," sounded from his lips ; covering his face, he sobbbed audibly ; many... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 pages
...the place from whence you came ; that from thence you are to be carried to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead." To this Dr. Dodd replied, Lord Jesus, receive my soul ! The exertions made to save Dr. Dodd were perhaps... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1849 - 522 pages
...the place from whence you came ; that from thence you are to be carried to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead." To this Dr. Dodd replied, Lord Jesus, receive my soul ! The exertions made to save Dr. Dodd were perhaps... | |
 | J. B. Finnerty - 1850 - 66 pages
...of this province may deem proper, that you .19 OB taken to the place of execution and there hanged until you. are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul. The public mind being much excited throughout her extraordinary'trial, .soon' began to subside,... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - 1852 - 336 pages
...chess with him, was obliged to pronounce sentence of death upon him. This he did in the usual way — " To be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your unhappy soul !" Then removing the terrible black cap from his head, he looked at his old acquaintance... | |
 | William Charles McKinnon - 1852 - 342 pages
...you came, from thence, at such an hour as may hereafter be named, to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may God in his infinite pity, have mercy on your soul." And Gerard was led from the court house, between... | |
 | Francis Colburn Adams - 1855 - 686 pages
...week, at twelve o'clock, from thence to the gallows erected in the yard thereof, and there and then be hanged by the neck until you are dead ; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul!" His honour, concluding nervously, orders the jury to be dismissed, and the court adjourned.... | |
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... to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. 
