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" ... irresolute hand, and failed. Couthon lay beneath the table brandishing a knife, with which he repeatedly wounded his bosom, without daring to add force enough to reach his heart. Their chief, Robespierre, in an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself,... "
Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution - Page 350
by Sir Walter Scott - 1843
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his uuder-jaw. " In this situation they were found like wolves in their...not able to die. Robespierre lay on a table in an anti-room, his head supported by a deal box, and his hideous countenance half hidden by a bloody and...
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The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine

1832 - 1000 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under-jaw. " In this situation they were found like wolves in their...not able to die. Robespierre lay on a table in an anti-room, his head supported by a deal box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and...
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The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Keith - Bible - 1832 - 392 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under-jaw. " In this situation they were found like wolves in their...lair, foul with blood, mutilated, despairing, and yft not able to die. Robespierre lay on a table in an anti-room, his head supported by .a deal box,...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 474 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, l had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his underjaw.* In this situation they were found like wolves in their...supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered chin. 3 The captives were carried...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 10

Walter Scott - 1835 - 490 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, l had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his underjaw.' In this situation they were found like wolves in their...supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered chin.3 The captives were carried...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 9

Walter Scott - 1835 - 452 pages
...in an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself,1 had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his underIn this situation they were found like wolves in their...supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered chin.3 The captives were carried...
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The Life of Napoleon, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - France - 1836 - 518 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under-jaw. In this situation they were found like wolves in their...not able to die. Robespierre lay on a table in an anti-room, his head supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance ha! f hidden by a bloody and...
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pt. III. From the peace of Paris in 1763 to the treaty of Amiens in 1802. pt ...

William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 696 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under jaw. In this situation they were found like wolves in their...supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered chin. The captives were carried in...
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The Malta penny magazine

536 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under jaw. In this situation they were found like wolves in their...on a table in an ante-room, his head supported by a deal box, and his hideous countenance half hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered...
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The History of Modern Europe: pt. 3. From the Peace of Paris in 1763 to the ...

William Russell - Europe - 1841 - 690 pages
...an unsuccessful attempt to shoot himself, had only inflicted a horrible fracture on his under jaw. In this situation they were found like wolves in their...supported by a deal-box, and his hideous countenance half-hidden by a bloody and dirty cloth bound round the shattered chin. The captives were carried in...
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