 They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and...  The Metropolitan - Page 3721840Full view - About this book
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...to death by dogs; others were crucified, and others again, WERE SMEARED WITH INFLAMMABLE MATTER, and LIGHTED UP WHEN THE DAY DECLINED, TO SERVE, AS TORCHES DURING THE NIGHT! This last horrid species of barbarity sufficiently explains the two first lines; the remaining one,... | |
 | Juvenal - 1803 - 354 pages
...to death by dogs ; others were crucified, and others again WERE SMEARED WITH INFLAMMABLE MATTER, and LIGHTED UP WHEN THE DAY DECLINED, TO SERVE AS TORCHES DURING THE NIGHT! This In that pitch'd shirt in which such crowds expire, Chain'd to the bloody stake, and wrapp'd in... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...death by dogs; others were crucified, and: others again, WERE SMEARED WITH INFLAMMABLE MATTER, and LIGHTED UP WHEN THE DAY DECLINED, TO SERVE AS TORCHES DURING THE NIGHT ! This horrid species of barbarity sufficiently explains the two first lines; the remaining one is... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 pages
...with exquisite cruelty; and to their suffering Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs...declined, to serve as torches during the night. " For the convenicnce of seeing this tragic spectacle, the emperor lent his own gardens. He added the sports... | |
 | John Jones - 1812 - 1054 pages
...were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and...cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many covered with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.... | |
 | John Jones - 1820 - 238 pages
...clause of the former, toto corpore tormenta patienda stint, is explained by the latter to mean that they were covered. with the skins of wild beasts and left to be devoured by dogs, or covered over with inflammable matter to serve as torches for the night. The Roman historian is express... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1824 - 344 pages
...put to death with ex'quisite cruelty, and to their sufferings ' Nero added mockery and derision. ' Some were covered with the skins of ' wild beasts,...'dogs; others were nailed to the cross; ' numbers were burned alive; and many, ' covered over with inflammable matter, ' were lighted up, when the day declined,... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 pages
...were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and...burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matslaves to be put to the torture, but he could discover nothing more than a rooted and excessive... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 374 pages
...description of Tacitus, " with exquisite cruelty ; and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and...cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many covered with inflammable matter (fame)) were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1832 - 392 pages
...nailed to the cross; numbers were burnt alive ; and many covered with inflammable matter, (flatne,) were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night."* During ten successive persecutions they were subjected to the greatest barbarities. " The first three... | |
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