Bouguereau William

Bouguereau William
The prisoner bowed his face to the ground and burst into passionate expressions of gratitude-ending with:
"If ever thou shouldst know misfortune-which God forbid!-may thy goodness to me this day be remembered and requited!"
Tom turned to the Earl of Hertford, and said:
"My lord, is it believable that there was warrant for this man's ferocious doom?"
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"It is the law, your grace-for poisoners. In Germany coiners be boiled to death in oil-not cast in of a sudden, but by a rope let down into the oil by degrees, and slowly; first the feet, then the legs, then-"
"Oh, prithee, no more, my lord, I cannot bear it!" cried Tom, covering his eyes with his hands to shut out the picture. "I beseech your good lordship that order be taken to change this law-oh, let no more poor creatures be visited with its tortures."
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