10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCARPINES»
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scarpines in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scarpines and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The triumphs of Gods revenge against the crying and ...
But when they fee Donato brought into the Court in a Chair (for his fiery torments
of the Scarpines had so cruelly scorched, and pitifully burnt away the flesh of the
sole of his^right foot, almost to the bone, that he was wholly unable either to go ...
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The Triumphs of Gods Revenge Against the Crying and ...
But when they ct seeDanato brought intothe Court in aChair (for his fiery torments
of the Scarpines had si, cruelly sc0rched, and pitifully burnt away the flesh of the
sole of his right foot, almost to the bone, that he was wholly unable either to go ...
3
Westward Ho: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas ...
Pull his feet out of the embers ; I dare say he would have been glad enough to
put us to the scarpines ; but that's no reason we should put him to them." As has
been hinted, there was no love lost between Admiral Winter and Amyas ; and ...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and ...
The generall apparell of the maskers was short Millaine cloaks, dublet and hose
of grene satten, bordered with silver ; greene silcke stockes, white scarpines,
rapiers, and daggers sylvered, blacke velvet cappes, and white feathers.
Sir Egerton Brydges, 1807
... "or presently they may have the fortress as well as the town! The squadron – it
is yet at Cartagena! Easier to torment the caciques until more gold flows than to
build another Nueva Cordoba. Scarpines and strappado won't lay stone on stone
!
“Pull his feet out of the embers; I dare say he would have been glad enough to
put us to the scarpines; but that's no reason we should put him to them.” As has
been hinted, there was no love lost between Admiral Winter and Amyas; and
Amyas ...
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Westward Ho! (Volume 2 of 3 ) (EasyRead Large Edition)
Brotherhood by being shark-bitten, or flea-bitten, or bitten by sharpers, to the
detriment of thy carnal wealth, or, shortly, to suffer any shame or torment
whatsoever, even to strappado and scarpines, thou art bound to obey thy destiny,
and not, ...
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
Scarpines, skär′pinz, n.pl. aninstrumentof torture resembling the boot.[Fr.
escarpins, shoes.] Scarred, skärd, adj. marked by scars.—n.Scar′ring, a scar: a
mark.—adj.Scar′ry, bearing or pertaining to scars: having scars. Scart, skärt,v.t.(
Scot.) ...
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English Language Word Builder
... ROCKSLIDE ROSEFINCH ROTAVIRUS RUNECRAFT SAFELIGHT
SALTPETRE SCARPINES SEMIANGLE SEMIFLUID SEMTROUND
SEMTVOCAL SHADBERRY OVERDATED OVERFLUSH OVERGRAIN
OVERHONOR OVERLUSTY ...
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... picket, -ing; dragonnade; capital punishment; execution ; hanging &c. v.;
electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines; de-capitation, -collation; garrot-te, —t0;
crucifixion, impalement; martyrdom, auto-da-fé; noyade; hara-kiri, seppuku,
happy dispatch.
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson
