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" ... head,) yet the inhabitants will tell you there, that she was conveyed from her usual chamber where she lay, to another where the bed's head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came and stifled her in her bed,... "
The Midland Minstrel: Consisting Chiefly of Traditionary Tales and Local Legends - Page 133
by Thomas Gillet - 1822 - 143 pages
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The Antiquities of Berkshire. With a Large Appendix of Many ..., Volume 1

Elias Ashmole - Berkshire (England) - 1723 - 340 pages
...flood clofe to a privy Poftern Door, where they in the Night came and ftifled her in her Bed, bruifed her Head very much, broke her Neck, and at length...thereby believing the World •would have thought it a mifchance, and fo have blinded their Villany. But behold the Mercy and Juftice of God, in revenging...
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The Antiquities of Berkshire, Volume 1

Elias Ashmole - Berkshire (England) - 1723 - 342 pages
...flood clofe to a privy -Poftern Door, where they in the Night came and ftifled her in her Bed, bruiied her Head very much, broke her Neck, and at length...thereby believing the World would have thought it a mifchance, and fo have blinded their Villany. But behold the Mercy and Juftice of God, in revenging...
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An Historical Account of Cumner: With Some Particulars of the Traditions ...

Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they, in the night came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her...it a mischance, and so have blinded their villany. But, behold the mercy and justice of God in revenging and discovering this Lady's murder ; for one...
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Laneham's Letter Describing the Magnificent Pageants Presented Before Queen ...

Robert Laneham - English drama - 1821 - 158 pages
...bed's-head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her...thought it a mischance, and so have blinded their villainy. But behold the mercy and justice of God, in revenging and discovering .this Lady's murder...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 91, Part 2; Volume 130

Early English newspapers - 1821 - 734 pages
...close to a privy postern door, where her murderers, in the night time, came and stifled her in herbed, bruised her head very much, broke her neck, and at length flung her down stairs." Now although the inhabitants of dimmer retain no tradition of the chamber to which she was removed,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 130

Great Britain - 1821 - 720 pages
...postern door, where her murderers, in the night time, came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her bead very much, broke her neck, and at length flung her down stairs." Now although the inhabitants of Cumner retain no tradition of the chamber to which she was removed,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 38

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 646 pages
...head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came, and stifled her in her bed ; bruised her head very much ; broke her...it a mischance, and so have blinded their villany." Nor was this plan of violence adopted till after they had vainly attempted to destroy her by poison,...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 38-39

1828 - 592 pages
...head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came, and stifled her in her bed ; bruised her head very much ; broke her...it a mischance, and so have blinded their villany." Nor was this plan of violence adopted till after they had vainly attempted to destroy her by poison,...
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Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales ..., Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her...it a mischance, and so have blinded their villany. But behold the mercy and justice of God in revenging and discovering this lady's murder ; for one of...
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Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak

Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...head of the chamber stood close to a privy postern door, where they in the night came and stifled her in her bed, bruised her head very much, broke her...it a mischance, and so have blinded their villany. But behold the mercy and justice of God in revenging and discovering this lady's murder ; for one of...
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