'Henceforward you shall no longer be called the headsman, but the last of the judges.'. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
The executioner who is called a headsman then walks forward approaching the chair from the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
So he called the headsman and bade him strike off. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II] Reference
"Gobseck is a banker, just as the headsman is a doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau] Reference
"Why do you delay, headsman?" he exclaimed angrily. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour of the Dragon]
"I'm an experienced headsman; I'm looking for work.". From Wordnik.com. [The Misenchanted Sword]
The headsman paused, and shook his head despairingly. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Eighteen were beheaded ere the headsman came to Vagn. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
He had been a headsman in his own country and a prince. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Then said the headsman, “It is a pardon coming,” and. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
"Listen," interposed Paula, with the dignity of the headsman. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
It is said to be much cleaner and surer than a human headsman. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
The headsman raised his axe high, and brought it down with a smash. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
A poniard was buried to the hilt in the left breast of the headsman. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Just before he was executed he asked the headsman what his name was. From Wordnik.com. [The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency]
The headsman, who had partially raised himself, fell back upon the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
"The former headsman of Bethune," said his wife, completing the sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
The headsman thought that he was leaving him, and implored him to return. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
"You are not as prompt as your predecessor, master headsman," he grumbled. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour of the Dragon]
Having avoided one date with the headsman, we tried our luck with the luggage. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
"Be silent, Temoten, else I shall wish I had let the headsman finish his job.". From Wordnik.com. [Conan and the Emerald Lotus]
The headsman was in good form that morning, and got it off with only one chop. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
A burglar shoots a policeman dead and the public headsman decapitates a criminal. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
He had eaten twenty headsman crabs; he had picked up a table for ten all by himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Burning City]
He let fall the axe, a headsman, an executioner come to avenge early deaths and late. From Wordnik.com. [Dalamar the Dark]
The headsman's assistant pushed his head down roughly and the headsman raised the axe. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
"The headsman of Bethune," muttered Grimaud, apparently striving to recollect something. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
And, drawing a dagger from under his gown, he plunged it into the breast of the headsman. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
But Vagn threw himself suddenly at Thorkel's feet, whereupon the headsman tripped over him. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
He feigned the stroke of a headsman, but stopped his blade against the back of Meren's neck. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
"I do," replied Lord Kenmure; and he placed the sum of eight guineas in the hands of the headsman. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
The headsman, who was convulsed with agony, both physical and moral, seemed scarcely able to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
The headsman uttered a shriek, the long and terrible one which Grimaud and the innkeeper had heard. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
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