| 单词 | tumbril |
| 例句 | So many died that the tumbrils used to cart thieves to the gallows were repurposed to carry orphans to the monasteries and convents. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z October 1917 had been relegated to a past that would never be repeated, just like the tumbrils in Paris in 1793 or Charles I’s public execution outside the palace at Westminster. Top 10 books about the Russian Revolution 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z But it's from Robert Thomson at the Wall Street Journal, even higher up the new NewsCorp food chain, setting the tumbrils rolling there. Beware Wall Street Journal bosses bearing messages of rhetorical excess 2012-10-13T23:30:11Z Did n't believe that there was an old tumbril of that affair to the fore still. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Then she was put into the tumbril, and was started on her way to the scaffold. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z This may be a shrewish wife being wheeled in the tumbril to the waterside, there to undergo for the better ruling of her tongue, a punishment the authority for which was custom older than law. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Finally, he was placed upon a tumbril and carried through the howling mob to the place of execution. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Prince, I can hear the trumpet of Germinal, The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way; Even to-day your royal head may fall— I think I will not hang myself to-day. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Then more troops of horse, whom he duly nicked, and then some tumbrils, which at first the boy took for guns, but afterwards perceived to be laden with ammunition. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z The driver in charge of the tumbril, fearing a riot and a rescue, whipped up the horses and drove on with his load. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The vehicle is not the tumbril but a wheelbarrow, and the man propelling it is younger than the lady, who is pulling his hair. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z He was then carried to the scaffold in a tumbril. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z The tumbril story—whether correct or otherwise—is a matter of indifference to me. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The gendarmes hurried them out by another passage, and they came to an open gate, beyond which stood the tumbrils waiting for their daily load. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z On the 31st they were borne to the guillotine in five tumbrils, the corpse of Dufriche de Valaz�—who had killed himself—being carried with them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z "I shall write to the band of brigands who sold me this condemned tumbril," he announced, "and ask for my money back." A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The city guards had not dared to interfere, the scattered crowd following the carts full of awe as though they were tumbrils bearing condemned men to the gallows. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Criminals were preached at in public, read their dying confessions in public, were carted through the streets in open tumbrils, and were hanged in public. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The driver of their tumbril swore roundly, but nothing could be done except drive back a block or two and proceed through a very narrow street, scarcely more than an alley. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z A farmer's cart is a tumbril of the Revolution. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z On the other hand, if you stake everything on a single verbal encounter, you may find yourself in the tumbril. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z And in the end there came eviction day, and once more the police held the Jago in force, escorting gangs of men with tumbrils. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Surrounded by Henriot's mounted guards, the tumbrils lumbered slowly to the Place de la R�volution. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z The last tumbril would doubtless arrive in good time without their assistance! When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z As for myself, I'd rather have my bride's royalty less suggestive of Marie Antoinette riding in a tumbril. The Tempering I said: 'this is the kind of thing they talked in the tumbrils.' Cinderella Jane On some straw in the tumbril, we have mentioned, which was making its way through the streets, were two young men, bareheaded, and entirely clothed in black, leaning against each other. Marguerite de Valois "Where shall we go, back to the Luxembourg or forward to the Place de la R�volution?" cried out the bewildered gendarmes who guarded the tumbrils. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z They surged about the tumbril, while the astonished driver sought to clear the way by flourishing his whip, and shouting for a free passage. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Sometimes one large tub occupies the whole tumbril, the contents of which, on reaching the “fattoria,” have to be ladled out with buckets. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. He fell from his horse, but was caught by Captain Stewart, of the Virginia guards, who, with the assistance of another American and a servant, placed him in a tumbril. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Coconnas supported on his knees La Mole, whose head hung over the sides of the tumbril, and whose eyes wandered vaguely here and there. Marguerite de Valois "Why did you take these tumbrils out to-day?" he demanded of the gendarmes. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z "Courage!" whispered the Baron to his little comrade, as they were flung unceremoniously into the tumbril, accompanied by ten or twelve others. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z Again, it must be admitted that a yoke of huge dove-colored oxen, with their heavy unwieldy tumbril, is a more picturesque object than an English wagon and a team of horses. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. That, 158 he answered, reminded him of another procession, a different cart; but it was more French than Castilian—the tumbril. The Bright Shawl At six o'clock a tumbril, the same in which after their duel the two friends had been conveyed half dead to the Louvre, had started from Vincennes and slowly crossed the Rue Saint Antoine. Marguerite de Valois The crowd swept the gendarmes to one side, and in a moment's time the tumbrils were turned about. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z There I found sad confusion prevailing; country waggons with stores, ammunition tumbrils, provision waggons, and wounded men, choked up the street, so that it was impossible for any one to pass. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle In one of the heavy tumbrils I have mentioned, are placed some twelve or fifteen large pails, some three feet deep, and a foot or so in diameter. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Bodies were thrown into the tumbril, head downwards, from the fourth storey. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Coconnas raised his hand and touched the shoulder of the executioner, who sat at the front of the tumbril driving. Marguerite de Valois Many of the occupants of the tumbrils leaned supplicatingly over the sides of the carts and implored the people to save them. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z We shall have to get out of the miseries and disorder of to-day, they think, if not by way of chateau-burning and tumbrils, at least by a mitigated equivalent of that. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism A masked battery played with great effect upon this point, dismounting our pieces, and blowing up our tumbrils. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 There was only one thing to do: to follow the route of the death tumbrils, in the slight hope of overtaking her. Orphans of the Storm Then he threw his cloak over the sad remains which the tumbril was to convey to his own abode. Marguerite de Valois Her face was flushed and animated, and she was talking loudly and rapidly to the crowd which followed the tumbril. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z It packed the present on its tumbrils, and cleared away the past with its dialectical guillotine. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle The tumbril and the guillotine would not have made her weep. The Paliser case Outside, the tumbrils of death clatter up to receive their load. Orphans of the Storm "He whom you met one day near Montfaucon, madame, and who in his tumbril brought back two wounded gentlemen to the Louvre." Marguerite de Valois The occupants in the tumbrils had seen their last hope of deliverance vanish in the Rue Vaugirard. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z He pursued Rousseau and Dr. Price because their teaching, on his reading of cause and effect, had set the tumbrils rolling and weighted the guillotine for Marie Antoinette. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Like the clattering of tumbrils in narrow, stony streets men and women trampled upon each other, fleeing from the accursed altar of this arch-priest of Beelzebub—Illowski. Melomaniacs A traffic tie-up and street delay that halted the tumbrils just beyond the scene of the bacchanalian Feast of Reason, gave them their opportunity. Orphans of the Storm The tumbril in which Coconnas and La Mole were laid started back toward Paris, following in the shadow the guiding group. Marguerite de Valois "In no distant time," he says, "they will chase you from your thrones, even as your relatives had to evacuate France by tumbril, post-chaise or train." Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess But he sent her to the scaffold; and on November 9, 1793, the tumbril came to convey her to the guillotine. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The police, in the city of Mexico, sends round tumbrils, to collect such drunkards as are found lying in the streets. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Outside, the tumbrils were already on their way to the guillotine. Orphans of the Storm My grandfather, a descendant of the French nobility whose family had ridden the tumbrils of the Revolution, tended her fragile body and spirit with the same loving care given rare, brief-blooming flowers. My Father, the Cat Monday, 17th.—This morning the Russians began to embark their tumbrils and heavy baggage, so that they seem to be absolutely going in earnest. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The loss in tumbrils and ammunition was immense, and in all fifty pieces of cannon, of which thirty-five fell to the English; twenty-seven to the heavy, and eight to the light cavalry. Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The tumbrils were already rattling along amidst the frenzied jeers of the crowd. Terribly Intimate Portraits Our colonel lay bleeding on a broken tumbril. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 The carts, which ply for hire like cabs, are massive, springless tumbrils covered with a wain. Life and sport in China Second Edition The name Jew was a stigma in itself, and this word the people howled round the tumbril which bore the erstwhile gorgeous favourite to a death of ignominy. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Thiers, putting his senile fingers in the porridge, stirred a ferment that had not even germinated since the guillotine towered in the Place de la Concorde and the tumbrils rattled through the streets. Lorraine A romance The four sections of the Tribunal had the day before pronounced thirty sentences of death, and on the steps of the Great Stairway a throng of tricoteuses squatted to see the tumbrils start. The Gods are Athirst The British, however, in the advance suffered much from a masked battery, which, opening on them, dismounted the guns and blew up the tumbrils. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign When he was recovered, Lady Harriot continued to follow his fortunes through the campaign, and acquired a 'two-wheel tumbril, which had been constructed by the artillery.' Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The widow of a king, the sister of an emperor, was condemned to death, dragged in an open tumbril to the place of execution, and beheaded on the 16th October, 1793. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs Jack drove the tumbril; four soldiers of the line followed. Lorraine A romance Gamelin found difficulty in mounting the tumbril; he had lost a great deal of blood and his wounds pained him cruelly. The Gods are Athirst Two tumbrils were blown up, and a gun dismounted. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign With her nerves keyed to breaking point she went up to her own floor with somewhat the sensation she might have had in stepping from the tumbril to the guillotine. The Lion's Mouse Their ammunition and tumbrils were, however, captured by the British. The Young Rajah Captain Peel, who was standing by, said, “Thank you, Mr Vaughan; perhaps you will now be so good as to blow up the tumbril.” Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign There even, the passage of the tumbrils was greeted with murmurs. The Gods are Athirst A shot had entered the tumbril of a gun, blew it up, and ignited the woodwork of the carriage, thus exposing the ammunition all around to destruction. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign The horse tugged at the tumbril, and Sir Risdon went thoughtfully along the field, toward a clump of trees lying in a hollow, while Master Shackle went on chuckling to himself. Cutlass and Cudgel Our only resource then will be to make a desperate sally, and to capture their guns and tumbrils.” The Young Rajah Gerald and Donkin, smothered in violets and primroses, were personally conducting a sort of tumbril, which dashed across my field of vision from time to time, sometimes full, sometimes empty, but always at full gallop. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton The woman Rochemaure, whose pregnancy had not been verified by the surgeon, was hoisted into one of the tumbrils. The Gods are Athirst There is something very typical of an English revolution in having the tumbril without the guillotine. A Short History of England After the visit to London the family lived a while at Wickham Market, where my father saw the long strings of tumbrils, laden with Waterloo wounded, on their way from Yarmouth to London. Two Suffolk Friends Clothed in but a single garment, he was made to mount a tumbril, and was carried to the doors of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals There is no longer a great crowd to see the executions, and the tumbrils pass along without insults and imprecations being hurled against the prisoners. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee The tumbril story—whether correct or otherwise—is a matter of indifference to me. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends The first event of interest was, that getting among some French tumbrils, with the horses attached, our colonel was seen upon one, shouting 'Cut me out!' Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes The general was brought off in a small tumbril by Colonel Washington, Captain Stewart of the guards, and his servant. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Glasses, dessert-plates, dishes of fruit, decanters empty and half empty, cumbered the great mahogany table as dead and wounded, guns and tumbrils, might a battlefield. News from the Duchy More than once he saw the fatal tumbrils going along in the distance, but he always turned and walked in the opposite direction. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee "We are living in the time of the tumbril." Great Sea Stories But to Selwyn the noise of their marching feet on the roadway had the ominous sound of the roll of the tumbrils, bearing their victims to the guillotine. The Parts Men Play "Oh, very well, then, I suppose it can't kill me!" groaned the bride, stepping out of the car as if from tumbril to scaffold. The Motor Maid I have often mentioned that the artillery draft-bullocks receive no grain, and are everywhere so poor that they can hardly walk, much less draw heavy guns and tumbrils. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Robespierre fell, and Simon, the Barbarous, accompanied him in the same tumbril to the guillotine, and shared his fate. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton "Here we take our tickets for the tumbrils," murmured Jimmy Doon, as we stood awaiting our turn. Tell England A Study in a Generation In the battle of Egmont-op-Zee, seven pieces of cannon, a great number of tumbrils, and a few hundred prisoners, were taken, and the loss of the enemy was estimated as exceeding 4,000 men. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock On the left were the parish batteries, with their guns, caissons, and tumbrils. St George's Cross Captain Barlow has lately obtained three thousand rupees for the repair of his six gun-carriages, tumbrils, &c., that is, five hundred for each. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II From morning until night the place was streaming with blood; the tumbrils were kept busy bearing away the bodies of the dead. The Downfall A gayly decorated car and a closed tumbril, that looks very much like an old ammunition-wagon, have been wheeled out of their enclosures for the occasion. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama She gets into her carriage after lunch as one might mount a tumbril. Marcella They kept up the distinctions of society and of class with a ghastly mockery, even to the very moment when the tumbrils came for them. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) They quieted when the light was taken round behind by the tumbrils, where two men were tying on the great sack of oats exactly as though we were going on campaign. Hills and the Sea Latour looked at the frightened wretch who was literally thrown into the tumbril after him, but the expression on his face did not change; he did not speak. The Light That Lures Associated words: portable, portability, unportable, palanquin, litter, sedan chair. cart, n. vehicle, wagon, carriage; lorrie, truck, tumbril, carreta. carte, n. menu, bill of fare. Putnam's Word Book There were eight lying at one particular spot, where a tumbril had blown up, and their bodies were still burning from the effects. Campaign of the Indus They supped in an isolated mansion in the Rue de Clichy, amidst the tolling of bells, the sound of the drums, and the rattling of the guns and tumbrils. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History This from the creator of William Sylvanus Baxter, who at the preposterous age of seventeen imagines himself another Sydney Carton and after a silent, agonizing, condescending farewell goes out to the imaginary tumbril! Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) With a cry of rage, despair, and terror, Bruslart sank trembling in a heap to the floor of the tumbril. The Light That Lures A few years later, and the Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie echoed daily and nightly to the dull rumble of Revolutionary tumbrils, and the heavy tramp of Revolutionary mobs. In the Days of My Youth How were they to know that these tumbrils contained the bloody story of Contalmaison? The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War So on July 28, 1794, the tumbrils go with this motley batch of outlaws. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History A peasant's cart, a tumbril, was waiting to take the body to the cemetery; the driver was having a hard time con-trolling a foolish and restive horse. A Volunteer Poilu The tumbrils must carry the daily food, and the stock of such food must not be allowed to run short. The Light That Lures For how could Sir Reginald Front-de-Bœuf, or Sir Hildebrand Bras-de-Fer, carry off the booty of their discomfited rival to their own granaries without loaded tumbrils, and roads fit to pass over? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Somehow, the look of the man reminded me in a flash of those old scenes in the French Revolution, when a French aristocrat was taken in a tumbril through the streets of Paris. The Soul of the War And the ribs were broke by an artillery tumbril. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales The officer advanced to the tumbril and holding his hand high said:— "Farewell—de Blanchet, we say unto thee the eternal adieu." A Volunteer Poilu The man continued to cry out until the tumbrils started, then with a wail of despair he fell on his knees, shaking in every limb, chattering to himself, whether oaths or prayers who shall say? The Light That Lures Now it was to be his, but the thing was no longer a lovely pony cart; it was a tumbril—worse than a tumbril, for he was going to a fate worse than death. The Wrong Twin Of the riders in the tumbrils, some observe these things, and all things on their last roadside, with an impassive stare; others, with a lingering interest in the ways of life and men. A Tale of Two Cities You will understand that my horse and I had been struck, the horse killed, and I with my ribs broken by the tumbril. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales She fainted in the tumbril, and took some time to recover. She Stands Accused The tumbrils went forward slowly, a yelling mob on every side. The Light That Lures Brewster came upon two powder tumbrils of the Nassau division, and succeeded, after menacing the drivers with his musket, in inducing them to convey their powder to Hougoumont. Round the Red Lamp Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine. A Tale of Two Cities There ensued a period when only a shrill keening marked the passing of Roderick as he was borne to the tumbril. Penrod He mounted the tumbril with him, he mounted the scaffold with him. Les Misérables There was a pause, the crowd was so dense at this corner; then the tumbril moved on again. The Light That Lures The first tumbril exploded, blowing the driver to fragments. Round the Red Lamp There is a guard of sundry horsemen riding abreast of the tumbrils, and faces are often turned up to some of them, and they are asked some question. A Tale of Two Cities "I'm watching the tumbril out of sight," said Lady Tonbridge incoherently. Delia Blanchflower There the grey guinea-fowl stands in the way, The young black heifer and the raw-ribbed mare, And scorn to move for tumbril or for dray, And feel themselves as good as farmers there. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 It was like riding in a tumbril driven at top-speed over the Giant's Causeway. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama "Grace by the tumbril made a squat, "Then ran as Sam came by, "They said she could not run for fat; "I know she did not try. Wild Flowers Or, Pastoral and Local Poetry Bad Fortune!" cries The Vengeance, stamping her foot in the chair, "and here are the tumbrils! A Tale of Two Cities There shall be no burning, though that were deserved; not even tumbril, though that were little harm to so hot a piece. The Forest Lovers He had his cattle, his plough and tumbril. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe And it lasted for an hour or two, but the tumbril came next morning all the same, and the guillotine stood there gaping in the Place. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts He was then carried to a scaffold in a tumbril. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up. A Tale of Two Cities For no sin, therefore, had she so little charity as for that which the Abbot had imputed to his candidate for the tumbril. The Forest Lovers "The last word of heroism, of faith," Jack said, thinking of the tumbril. A Fountain Sealed Accordingly, the tumbril in which the criminal was conveyed to execution was attended by far the greater proportion of the inhabitants of Perth. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day At five o'clock that same afternoon he stepped from the tumbril under the gaunt shadow of the guillotine. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series He had been apprised that the final hour was Three, and he knew he would be summoned some time earlier, inasmuch as the tumbrils jolted heavily and slowly through the streets. A Tale of Two Cities The dead were lying thick in the streets, especially at the Porte St. Martin barricade, where they were being placed in tumbrils. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 He fell from his horse, but was caught by Captain Stewart of the Virginia guards, who, with the assistance of another American, and a servant, placed him in a tumbril. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 Half a century later we find sturdy barons setting up their tumbrils and gallows. Henry the Second The sudden spiritual passion which inflamed him when he beheld her in the tumbril on her way to the scaffold is a fitting corollary to her action. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Every day, through the stony streets, the tumbrils now jolted heavily, filled with Condemned. A Tale of Two Cities And Napoleon, under compulsion of the mob, ascended the tumbril; and Abbé Sieyès and Bishop Talleyrand rode at his side, administering spiritual consolation. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales With a tumbril rumble in their ears, the children dancing ahead, they started for Palace Gardens. Once Aboard the Lugger "They say he had a hand in the escape of the ci-devant Due de Sermeuse and all his brats from the very tumbril which was taking them to execution." The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel She mounted the tumbril awaiting in the prison yard, and, disdaining the chair offered her by Sanson, remained standing, to show herself dauntless to the mob and brave its rage. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. A Tale of Two Cities They prepare the last epigram in the tumbril; they drown themselves with enthusiasm about the alliance with Russia. The Beautiful Lady She had even plucked honour to herself from the bloody tumbril and guillotine. The Maid of Maiden Lane There were such few spectacles these days, other than the monotonous processions of tumbrils with their load of aristocrats for the guillotine! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel So densely thronged were the streets that the tumbril proceeded at a crawl, and the people surging about the cart screamed death and insult at the doomed woman. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series There was always plenty to see: first and foremost, the long procession of tumbrils, winding its way from the prisons to the Place de la Révolution. I Will Repay If it is the guillotine I shall go gaily, like one of your ancestors in those tumbril days of France. Letters of Franklin K. Lane She knew the hour at which the tumbril with those condemned to die passed the windows; and at the first signal would close them and draw the curtain. Essays from 'The Guardian' The day after that, the tumbril and the guillotine for that execrable English spy, and the boundless sense of satisfaction that his last intrigue had aborted in such a signal and miserable manner. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel The tumbril slowly approached, the groans and execrations swelled up around him, and at last he beheld her—beautiful, serene, full of life, a still smile upon her lips. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Death in public, with all its attendant horrors: the packed tumbril; the priest, in civil clothes, appointed by this godless government, muttering conventional prayers and valueless exhortations. I Will Repay They were seated in chairs on large tumbrils, with their backs to the horses. The Days Before Yesterday When I buy the Times and find you there, my prophetic ear catches a rattle of twentieth century tumbrils. Man and Superman But the guillotine has been busy; over four hundred executions to-day…and the tumbrils are full—the seats bespoken in advance—and still they come…. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel In the distance was a low rumbling like heavy tumbrils on the floor of heaven. Bob, Son of Battle At one time these tumbrils contained royal ladies and gentlemen, ci-devant dukes and princesses, aristocrats from every county in France, but now this stock was becoming exhausted. I Will Repay Two military brass bands, playing loudly, followed the tumbrils. The Days Before Yesterday Immovable he stood a moment or two, then he turned from her with a little sigh, and leaning his elbow upon the window-sill, he gazed down into the crowds surging about the second tumbril. The Trampling of the Lilies The tumbril that bore him to execution was stopped on its way by the furious rabble, and he was torn in pieces by them. The Golden Dog Hideous in the tumbril, by the side of Zanoni, raved and gesticulated that form which, in his prophetic dreams, he had seen his companion at the place of death. Zanoni In a coach he followed the tumbril that bore Robespierre to execution, radiant of countenance and shouting with the loudest, "Death to the traitor!" The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series The bodies of the victims were placed in a tumbril lighted by torches. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo It wanted but a few minutes to noon as the condemned of the day were being brought out of the Conciergerie to take their places in the waiting tumbrils. The Trampling of the Lilies When the tumbril exploded, the Prussians could be heard to cheer, and they turned to and fired every iron spout they owned. White Lies It is probable enough that they will even seek to arrest our tumbrils on their way to the guillotine. Zanoni I went to a hotel in a tumbril. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Through the hot vapors of a nightmare he saw a young woman, beautiful, enthusiastic, enduring the last preparations, drawn in that fatal tumbril, mounting the scaffold, and crying out, "Vive le roi!" The Brotherhood of Consolation There was a considerable concourse of people on their way to the Place de la Republique, for the hour of the tumbrils was at hand. The Trampling of the Lilies I remember another whom, positively, I heard humming—a faint sound indeed, but menacing as the roll of tumbrils. And Even Now To the Place de la Revolution rolls the tumbril of the King of Terror,—St. Just, Dumas, Couthon, his companions to the grave! Zanoni He also affected a very curious tumbril, shaped like a shell and richly gilded. The Works of Max Beerbohm He heard the condemnation, the rattle of the tumbril on the ill-paved streets—saw her there with hands clasped together, her eyes— Great God! he was really going mad! El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel It was drawing near the hour when the tumbrils were to come for the victims doomed on the day before. After Dark The abbe, yielding to an impulse of curiosity, looked up above the heads, and there in the tumbril stood the man who had heard mass in the garret three days ago. An Episode under the Terror There do they pick and shovel; or bend forward, yoked in long strings to box-barrow or overloaded tumbril; joyous, with one mind. The French Revolution Good lack! what shall I do with this beastly tumbril? The Way of the World In spite of all the precautions taken by the man who idolized her, Ursula unfortunately met the tumbril of victims among whom was Madame Roland, and the shock caused her death. Ursula If I succeed in this, your door will not be marked, and your names will not be called to-morrow morning when the tumbrils come for the guillotine. After Dark Nothing," she said; "it is only the tumbril cart and the executioner going to the Place Louis XV. An Episode under the Terror See Drouet and Guillaume, dexterous Old-Dragoons, instantly down blocking the Bridge, with a 'furniture waggon they find there,' with whatever waggons, tumbrils, barrels, barrows their hands can lay hold of;—till no carriage can pass. The French Revolution |
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