 | Caleb Hopkins Snow - 1828 - 484 sidor
...magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than her neighbours. It was his very expression; she having, as he explained...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us.' 'This was the third instance of execution for witchcraft in New England. The first occurred in Connecticut... | |
 | 1846 - 318 sidor
...others, who had the honor to be his guests : — That one of your magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." It must be owned, that Mr. Norton's taunting expression, on this festive occasion in the presence of... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1867 - 522 sidor
...<fec., who had the honor to be his guests, — that one of your magistrate's wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than...topic, that they were talking about her. But, in the blind infatuation of the time, it was considered proof positive of her being possessed, by the aid... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1870 - 318 sidor
...others, who had the honor to be his guests : — That one of your magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." It must be owned, that Mr. Norton's taunting expression, on this festive occasion in the presence of... | |
 | 1870 - 306 sidor
...others, who had the honor to be his guests : — That one of your magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." It must be owned, that Mr. Norton's taunting expression, on this festive occasion in the presence of... | |
 | Arthur Blake Ellis - 1881 - 502 sidor
...wife, &c., who had the honor to be his guests, — that one of your magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." — Ibid. 423. wich, who did all they could to keep him ; but finally, " after the lapse of nearly... | |
 | Justin Winsor, Clarence F. Jewett - 1881 - 740 sidor
...guessed that two of her persecutors, whom she saw talking in the street, were talking of her, — which cost her her life, notwithstanding all he could do to the contrary, as he himself told us' " (i. 173). Increase Mather, seventeen years of age, was graduated from Harvard College the same month... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1884 - 500 sidor
...Increase Mather as follows : — hanged for a witch, only for having more wit than her neighbours. It was his very expression, she having, as he explained...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." One can hardly read this fragment without shuddering. The increasing feeling of detestation and fear... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1888 - 500 sidor
...remember, was EXECUTION OF MRS. HIBBINS. hanged for a witch, only for having more wit than her neighbours. It was his very expression, she having, as he explained...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." One can hardly read this fragment without shuddering. The increasing feeling of detestation and fear... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1884 - 500 sidor
...remember, was EXECUTION OF MRS. HIBBINS. hanged for a witch, only for having more wit than her neighbours. It was his very expression, she having, as he explained...could do to the contrary, as he himself told us." One can hardly read this fragment without shuddering. The increasing feeling of detestation and fear... | |
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That one of your magistrates' wives, as I remember, was hanged for a witch only for having more wit than her neighbors. It was his very expression ; she having, as he explained it, unhappily guessed that two of her persecutors, whom she saw talking in... 
