 ... there is still a vast difference betwixt the slovenly butchering of a man, and the fineness of a stroke that separates the head from the body, and leaves it standing in its place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of...  Essays - Сторінка 78автори: John Dryden - 1895 - 218 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 2004 - 322 стор.
...the Head from the body, and leaves it standing in its place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's Wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of Work,...Malefactor die sweetly, was only belonging to her husband. (Works Iv: 71) "I wish I cou'd apply it to myself," he adds, citing the character of Zimri (the Duke... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1920 - 806 стор.
...separates the head from the body and leaves it standing in its place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work,...reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me." ARCHITECTURE AS FORM IN CIVILISATION By PROFESSOR WR LETHABY TOWNS and Civilisation are two words for... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1966 - 112 стор.
...the Head from the Body, and leaves it standing in its place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketche's Wife said of his Servant, of a plain piece of Work,...sweetly, was only belonging to her Husband. I wish I cou'd apply it to my self, if the Reader wou'd be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The Character... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1828 - 678 стор.
...the head from the body, and leaves it standing in its place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work,...malefactor die sweetly, was only belonging to her husband. * In conclusion, we must express our regret, that the author should not have added notes to the work... | |
 | 1881 - 436 стор.
...let us have one of those who hold the Ithuriel spear. VIII. " A man may be capable, as Jack Keteh's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work,...malefactor die sweetly, was only belonging to her husband." — Dryden's Introduction to Juvenal. ARC. — Well, if our mood is humane, let us go to Fielding,... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 606 стор.
...degrees of skill. Thus Dryden remarks : — " A man may be capable (as Jack Ketch's wife said of her servant) of a plain piece of work, a bare hanging...malefactor die sweetly was only belonging to her husband." The earliest hangman whose name has descended to us, if we may trust the authority of that accomplished... | |
 | 1895 - 744 стор.
...place. A man may be capable, as Jack Ketch's wife said of his servant, of a plain piece of work, of a bare hanging; but to make a malefactor die sweetly was only belonging to her husband. I wish I conld apply it to myself, if the reader would be kind enough to think it belongs to me. The character... | |
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