| 单词 | iron boot |
| 例句 | Like walking up a steep hill with heavy iron boots, only you can never get to the top of the hill because it keeps getting higher and higher and the boots get heavier and heavier. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Tartarus lumbered after him, his iron boots making craters in the ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead, he forced his eyes to trace the god’s form, starting with his black iron boots, each one as large as a coffin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sutton eventually moved to China, and made his fortune manufacturing iron boot scrapers as accessories for designer Australian porches. Fairy Tale of Bangkok 2011-11-17T06:15:00Z Had it not been so, we might be “nuancing” our way under the iron boot of Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin. The Meaning of War and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Sadly, that iron boot will result in right-wing Europe and a poll boost to Donald J Trump. Scores Reported Dead in Nice, France, as Truck Plows Into Bastille Day Crowd 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z You must not stretch them upon racks, or crush their bones in iron boots. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Thousands of priests in the name of God tortured their fellow-men, stretched them on racks, crushed their feet in iron boots, tore out their tongues, extinguished their eyes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z He put on iron boots, and walked on straight in front of him. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z An iron boot was also used for torturing Christians. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z There were also iron boots which were heated on the victim’s foot. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" They were stretched upon racks; their feet were crushed in iron boots; they stood upon the shores of exile and gazed with tearful eyes toward home and native land. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Far down in Christian times, the examination of a prisoner was considered to be very properly and justly facilitated by the application of thumbscrews and iron boots. Women of Early Christianity He wore out three pairs of iron boots, and at last he reached a cottage with chickens' legs. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z A variation of this was to place the leg in an iron boot and slowly heat it over a fire. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development For the sake of a girl like that a man might not only become a Zemstvo worker, but might even become worn out, like the tale of the iron boots. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Of "Scavenger's Daughters," Backs, Thumbscrews, iron boots, and wedges, and other horrible engines of pain, I have heard many dismal tales told; but all had long fallen into disuse before my time. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The boy's legs were set in 'the boot,'—the iron boot you may have heard of. Short Studies on Great Subjects "How," said he, "could I ever get my poor puffed legs into those abominable iron boots?"—"It will be quite as appropriate," replied Hook, "if your grace goes in your list shoes." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The hangman would twist the rest out of him with the rack and the iron boot, thought Giovanni gleefully. Marietta A Maid of Venice They thrust one of his legs into an iron boot, and crushed it with a wedge, driven between the flesh and the iron; yet nothing but groans were extorted from him. Sketches of the Covenanters Calli stepped back in surprise, his heel caught on the toe of Max's iron boot, he fell prone upon his back, and the weight of his armor prevented him from rising quickly. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy Put fetters all over him; crush his feet in iron boots; lash him to the stock; burn him if you please, but his ashes are of the same opinion still. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest It was as if the thumb-screw and the iron boot were being placed by creeping hands within sight of the expectant victim. Daniel Deronda And Friesshardt kicked the foot of the pole viciously with his iron boot. William Tell Told Again They then tortured him with the iron boot; the only response was groans. Sketches of the Covenanters Some cruelties still pass for service done in her honour: no thumb-screw is used, no iron boot, no scorching of flesh; but plenty of controversial bruising, laceration, and even lifelong maiming. Impressions of Theophrastus Such Then Sir Tristram felt the blood gush out of that wound in such abundance that it filled his iron boots, so that they were sodden therewith, and he thought he had got his death-wound. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table This is no case of iron boots, of water poured into the stomach, or of limbs racked by hideous machinery; it is hidden and, so to speak, negative torture. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life In one chest was the hauberk of that armor and in the other were the iron boots. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table |
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