| 单词 | poisoner |
| 例句 | "This would doubt-less involve the four men your man Bronn searched for so diligently in all the low places of King's Landing. A thief, a poisoner, a mummer, and a murderer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cressen owned no hollow rings, such as the poisoners of Lys were said to favor, but a myriad of pockets great and small were sewn inside the loose sleeves of his robe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “So the poisoner could just as easily have been after Dumbledore.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Then the poisoner didn’t know Slughorn very well,” said Hermione, speaking for the first time in hours and sounding as though she had a bad head cold. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The third level was for poisoners: spitting cobras, jumping spiders, death bats galore. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The Persians were master poisoners. These are practical handbooks, how-tos if you will. I don’t know of anything quite like them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "A disturbing thought. We are not the Free Cities, where such things are com-mon. Grand Maester Aethelmure wrote that all men carry murder in their hearts, yet even so, the poisoner is beneath contempt." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The power of the organic phosphates, those poisoners of the nerve-protective enzyme cholinesterase, may become greater if the body has first been exposed to a chlorinated hydrocarbon which injures the liver. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Inigo pursued him, hurrying past the poisoners, the spitting cobras and Gaboon vipers and, perhaps most quickly lethal of all, the lovely tropical stonefish from the ocean outside India. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Lola stumbles upon the identity of Elizabeth’s poisoner, and Catherine becomes a different kind of victim for the castle’s mysterious serial killer. TV highlights: ‘Mike and Molly’ resumes its sixth and final season on CBS 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Poison was everywhere in early America, and poisoners could buy it anywhere. The Indispensable Guide to Early American Murder 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The eponymous heroine, part femme fatale, part serial poisoner, stalks a young man named Gennaro through the cities of Italy. Lucrezia Borgia - review 2011-02-01T01:20:01Z She was a slow poisoner in the 17th century. Jennifer Nettles Had Sung ‘She Used to Be Mine.’ But Not While Crying. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Katarina turns poisoner to resist her constricting environment – she ends in a gulag, her death just one more atrocity silhouetted against a pitiless white sky. Stefanos Lazaridis obituary 2010-05-16T17:48:00Z Plus, anyone who earns the label of "poisoner of youths" from Fox News is surely doing something significant. The coming of Gaga-ism 2010-03-20T11:00:00Z “The list goes all the way from ‘generous man,’ ‘wonderful company,’ ‘a great organizer’ to ‘poisoner,’ ‘cruel’ and ‘despotic,’ all the worst adjectives you can think of. Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z Such a poisoner might be a chemist, for example, with “an impressive job at a biochemical or pharmaceutical company.” Men aren’t ending 2012-09-11T17:56:00Z Jan gave us one fictional example of a female psychopath, a poisoner and murderer who lacks empathy or a conscience. “Only Murders in the Building" goes shockingly dark in the making of a villain 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Given that this is a biography, it’s worth noting there is one Gottlieb endeavor omitted from an otherwise comprehensive book, the poisoner in chief’s role in another equally questionable, though less harmful, endeavor: parapsychology. When the C.I.A. Was Into Mind Control 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z As far as I can remember, none of these poisoners ends up in jail, and the victims apparently sustain no lasting damage. You make me sick! Why film’s fondness for food poisoning takes the biscuit 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z What must it have been like with a mother widely believed to be a poisoner? Looking back at the Lost Booker: Mary Renault 2010-05-03T09:00:00Z "I think this rebuts all the speculation. No mother would send her son to be educated by the alleged poisoner of her husband. This is a very powerful testimonial." Mozart museum seeks to debunk evil Salieri poison myth 2014-01-30T15:48:12Z Still, unlike the shadowy and elusive Jack the Ripper, the serial poisoner had done little to cover his tracks, and this time Scotland Yard got their man. Review | A true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z This led employees and investigators to suspect that “a poisoner was at work,” he said. Nurse killed 7 babies in ‘malevolent’ poison plot, prosecutor says 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z But Judge Owen dismissed accounts from the accused poisoners that Mr. Litvinenko had ordered the tea in the Pine Bar himself. Dmitry Kovtun, Accused Killer of Russian Dissident, Dies at 56 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The online investigative outlet Bellingcat identified Navalny’s poisoners as Russian intelligence operatives and found instances in which they had followed other Kremlin critics to Russian provinces to poison them. U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “Why on earth would you share meals with your supposed poisoners?” she asked. Prosecutor: Con man plied daughter’s friends for sex, cash 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z I asked what he thought of the prospect of Mr. Lugovoi, the accused poisoner, running for mayor. Opinion | In Russia, I Learned, Threats Were Always Real 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Or maybe Putin is worried that he’s not the only poisoner in Russia. Opinion | Putin is reading from Stalin’s playbook. Here’s how the West should handle him. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Navalny, who is known for his use of humor in politics, took to calling Mr. Putin “the poisoner of underpants.” Navalny, Putin’s Imprisoned Foe, Wins E.U.’s Top Human Rights Award 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The station aired an interview with the two suspected poisoners, who claimed to be members of the fitness industry touring Salisbury to see the cathedral there. Russia tells veteran BBC correspondent to leave as relations with West deteriorate 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Some of them chanted, “Putin is a thief!” and “Putin is a poisoner!” Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed, declares Putin 'the Underwear Poisoner' 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In court he called President Vladimir Putin a "poisoner", blaming him for the attack. Putin critic Navalny jailed in Russia 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In the aftermath, the question to American voters is blunt: Will we allow the poisoner of our civic culture to be its doctor? Opinion | It’s obscene to focus on how violence affects the vote. But it is our reality. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The first Skripal poisoner, then, was a father, a husband, a soldier and a would-be murderer. 'A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Graham Young, a serial poisoner, began experimenting with thallium right around the time of the publication of The Pale Horse, and it was alleged that he’d been inspired by Christie’s novel. Making a killing: what can novels teach us about getting away with murder? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Police are taking all kinds of precautions in case the Skripals’ poisoner left a trail. Changes coming to Costco’s food menu and Boeing unveils $4.7 billion plan | Thursday Morning Brief, July 5 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Like a black widow or a murderous butler, Facebook is the poisoner inside your home. I tried leaving Facebook. I couldn’t 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s unclear if dozens were carted away, either by the poisoners, or by good samaritans. Outrage Follows Mysterious Mass Bunny Murder 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Bellingcat revealed the identity of poisoner No 1 in a message on its website. 'A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Cancer, by contrast, was an exterminator’s problem — a poisoner’s dilemma. Can Heart Disease Shed Light on Cancer? 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z While murder using toxins is far less common than stabbings and shootings, he said his research shows that poisoners often strike more than once. Finding poison in N. Korean airport attack is hardest part 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Wallace predicted that American fascism would only become “really dangerous” if a “purposeful coalition” arose between crony capitalists, “poisoners of public information” and “the KKK type of demagoguery”. 'It will be called Americanism': the US writers who imagined a fascist future 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The first theory is that the poisoners were simply rubbish at their job. Poisoned, shot and beaten: why cyanide alone may have failed to kill Rasputin 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Three sisters are trained in their respective talents — poisoner, naturalist, elemental — to fight to the death when they turn 16. Kids’ books by Washington state authors: Snowmen, shifty wolves and life on the beach 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Cardiologists and oncologists — plumbers and poisoners — lived in different medical realms. Can Heart Disease Shed Light on Cancer? 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The poisoners of Alexander Litvinenko made one major blunder when they used radioactive polonium to kill the former Russian intelligence agent. How UK scientists solved Alexander Litvinenko riddle 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Most were not as extreme as the profile of a poisoner from a 900 B.C. The Joy of Psyching Myself Out 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z There are a staggering number of options for the poisoner. What's your poison? Why sparkling cyanide shouldn't be your weapon of choice 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z “American fascism will not be really dangerous,” he added in the next paragraph, “until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information….” It can still happen here: Donald Trump, Ben Carson and the “American fascists” among us 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The series opens with the prince as a child watching his father, who has been poisoned, order the torture and death of the poisoner, as well as his wife and child. 'Tut' miniseries brings us fun with a pharaoh 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z North Wales Police's rural crime unit recently launched a campaign to target bird of prey poisoners after attacks on rare peregrine falcons and buzzards. 'Tougher sentence' calls for bird of prey killers - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The court heard 21 patients on the wards had "suffered in consequence of the poisoner's handiwork", resulting in three deaths and one "serious brain injury". Nurse 'poisoned patients at random' 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z However, a poisoner is likely to choose a substance that kills in relatively small amounts, say less than a gram. What's your poison? Why sparkling cyanide shouldn't be your weapon of choice 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Liberians told Gercama the mysterious poisoners could be trying to raise the death toll and so gain more international aid. Fear and Rumors Fuelling the Spread of Ebola 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z We do, after all, send the gunman to jail, not the gunsmith, the poisoner not the arsenic miner. The Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Morally Responsible For Carbon Emissions 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Add to this the emergence of yet another assassin – this time a poisoner not quite as effective as Letho, the assassin Witcher – and I find myself thoroughly curious about what happens next. 'The Witcher 2' Chapter One Review (PC) 2012-06-21T21:20:22Z "In the vast majority of cases, the poisoner seems to have contaminated products or altered prescription dosages completely at random," he said. Nurse 'poisoned patients at random' 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z She reminds one of Lucrezia Borgia, or Catherine de Medici—" "Why poisoners? Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "If I was persuaded our agent was poisoned and could get on the poisoner's track, I'd use some energy to follow it up." Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z And she--she was a woman on her trial, a poisoner, a murderess, a vile thing to be questioned, tortured, dragged to a shameful death! The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z That is to say, a poisoner, menaced by Siberia, becomes an American citizen. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Female poisoners of a somewhat similar description were known amongst the ancients. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z According to contemporary accounts, she fell a victim to the reign of the poisoners in the time of Louis. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z There was, he thought, no use in trying to put him on the track of the unknown poisoner. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z She was no longer a woman to him, but a prisoner, a murderess, a poisoner. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z One of the best-known cases in which he appeared as an advocate was that of William Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner, whom he defended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It is but a mere figure of speech that the great novelist makes use of, and which he puts into the mouth of René, the poisoner, in support of some theory or argument. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z There they told me that the book was an old, and possibly, valuable treatise, on Italian poisons and Italian poisoners. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z When Voltaire, who had heard the calumny, read the memoirs of Beaumarchais, he said, “This man is not a poisoner, he is too gay.” Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The lady had afterwards married a heretic, and this act of hers it was which had roused the poisoner's conscience, for notwithstanding her being so great a criminal, she was an orthodox Catholic. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The Prince died also, like so many others, for thou wert poisoner of bodies. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z The Jansenists replied by the pen of their famous publicist, Nicole, who stigmatized those who wrote for the theatre as "public poisoners, not of bodies, but of souls." Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z La Voisin, the poisoner, cannot be forgotten, nor the prosecution in 1668, which had revealed to the young King the connection of his new mistress with the world of malefactors. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z One of the friendly acquaintances of this period was Thomas Griffiths Wainwright, a strange character of great artistic capacity and sensibilities, and yet destined to be a secret poisoner and murderer. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Romancers have made such extravagant use of this fact, that whenever they introduce Italians they make them play the part of assassins and poisoners. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z But the complex motives which drove him to seek out Holman, to confront him with his villainy, and deal personally with this insidious poisoner of innocent minds, were compelling. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Thus, there were no performances on July 17, 1676, the day on which Madame de Brinvilliers, the poisoner, paid the penalty of her crimes. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z The position of husband of a poisoner seems to have been a precarious one. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The poisoner thus did a lucrative trade by selling a doubtful remedy for his own toxic preparation. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z The “faint smokes curling whitely,” to protect the chemist from which it was necessary to wear a glass mask, sufficiently supplement our knowledge of the old poisoner’s art to enable us to indicate its nature. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The “shilling shocker” of the present day is a mild production indeed, in comparison with the history of the poisoner and adulteress, Brinvilliers, in which “on horror’s head horrors accumulate.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z His deadly terror was then but too well founded--We have had a poisoner then as our guest! King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Is it not plain that all these governments are systematic poisoners, interested stupefiers of the masses? God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z "It might be a poison and you—and you——" "Might be a poisoner," Maxgregor laughed uneasily. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z Of the great schools of poisoners which flourished in Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Venice was the earliest. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z To those excuses the poisoner listened angrily; he discovered some valuable jewels which Sainte-Croix wore. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z A post-mortem examination revealed twelve grains of strychnine in his stomach, but his poisoners were never brought to justice. The Friars in the Philippines 2011-06-17T02:00:20.100Z If this strange history were true, it would not be wanting in a moral; for if Leicester were himself this poisoner, there seems some reason to believe that the poisoner himself was poisoned. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The doctrine of spirituality, such as it now exists, affords nothing but vague ideas; it is rather a poisoner of all ideas. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z It is not surprising that, under such circumstances, professional poisoners usually escaped punishment. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z How admirable is the fiendish expression of the poisoner as he gloats over the body of his victim, which is drawn with a power and truthfulness altogether perfect! John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z Anyhow, he foreshadows the line of defence to be taken by his own apologists when he exclaims that "the fact of a man being a poisoner is nothing against his prose." Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z I don't want to go to my grave saying, 'Harvey the tree poisoner.' Auburn Tree Poisoning Suspect Goes on Radio Show 2011-04-22T01:46:29Z He says he doesn't want to be remembered as "Harvey the tree poisoner." Auburn tree poisoning suspect goes on radio show 2011-04-21T22:29:22Z I believe that the persecutor is abominable, and that he follows immediately after the poisoner and parricide. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Lucrezia Borgia and Tophana were not the only great female poisoners Italy has produced. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He did not see, as I have done, Primerose dying; he never would have deserted her pillow to accompany the poisoner of his bride. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Caution.—In the United States there are few laws which prohibit the laying of poisons on lands owned or controlled by the poisoner. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z In the case of Dr. Lampson, the poisoner, I passed notes to the prisoner who mistook me for Montague Williams' clerk. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z But the incident became a text for conjecture to the people; it was affirmed, that the poisoners had rubbed all the benches and walls of the cathedral, and even the bell-ropes. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The wretch is a poisoner; she is an emissary of Catherine De Medici; and you were singled out for her victim. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The poisonous mind of the most successful poisoner of the age was now recklessly displayed. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Your father recognised him as his poisoner when too late. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z The survivors — there were only four — reported that their poisoner seemed familiar with medicine and medical procedure. Book Review | 'Occupied City,' by David Peace 2010-03-19T16:59:00Z The traveller encountered off the high road, the stranger whose habits or appearance were in any respect singular, were judged to be poisoners. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The exasperated soldiers executed instant justice upon the poisoner. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z God of warm pulses, and dishevelled hair; Dear unseen light in darkness! eclipser Of light in light! delicious poisoner! Heathen Mythology Christian brought the wine with the conscience of a poisoner, and hobbled out again. The Undying Past The poisoner, the perjurer, the minion, were probably to be found in the rising class. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Besides ambition and cupidity, the motives commonly attributed to the poisoners, it was imagined that this action included an indefinable, diabolical voluptuousness of enjoyment, an attractiveness stronger than the will. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The poisoner took up the earthen bowl to drop the poison in. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z But in this, saith St. Vincent, heretics are like those poisoners or quacks, who put off their destructive potions under inscriptions of good drugs, and under the title of infallible cures. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries "To you!" cried Charles, starting back and looking at the poisoner with haggard eyes. Marguerite de Valois There is one set of circumstances, however, in which, despite their utmost efforts, Fate is too much both for the poisoners and the poisoned. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The magistrates employed the little vigilance and resolution which remained to them in searching out the poisoners, and unhappily thought they had detected them. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z "I do not know—what—you mean—" stammered Dominic, saying which the poisoner rushed out precipitately. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The rogue, the thief, the burglar, the poisoner, the spoiler of temples and tombs, these are their proselytes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The mother grew remorseful; the queen was afraid; the poisoner felt a return of hatred. Marguerite de Valois My rustic pipe far better loved to sing of melodramatic poisoners and ubiquitous detectives; of fine houses in the West of London, and dark dens in the East. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. He related, in his turn, his own adventures to his friend, receiving in exchange an account of the passage of the army, the pestilence, the poisoners, and the prodigies. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z In chorus the Huguenots shouted: "To the pyre with the monk and the poisoner!" The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z "That is quite possible," replied Neighbour Tomlin; "and I think you could easily guess the name of the poisoner." Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction "Pretty well, monseigneur,—pretty well," replied the poisoner, with his perfidious smile. Marguerite de Valois We can often bring witnesses to a murder where a weapon is used, but rare indeed is it that the poisoner is actually seen at his deadly work. A Modern Wizard At the sound, a window was half opened, and a female appeared at it, looking towards the door with a countenance which appeared to ask, “Is it monatti? thieves? or poisoners?” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Here he met with the ‘sampi tanguine,’ or poisoner, and here life and liberty were offered him by the priest if he would publicly avow his errors and acknowledge their power. The Ruined Cities of Zululand All was nobly formed, except that she had a thin, compressed upper-lip, which a malicious gentleman at court had once called the lip of a poisoner. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Borgia—Lucretia Borgia—the infamous poisoner—the most hated woman of her time. Castle of Terror This quiet, gentle Doctor might be a profound hypocrite, a criminal, a forger possibly, or a poisoner. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen “What the devil!” said Renzo, threatening her with his fist, but she, having lost the hope of his being seized unexpectedly, cried aloud, “A poisoner! catch him! catch him! stop the poisoner!” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The temptation was strong, as the black poisoner stood before him with the deadly powder ready.” The Ruined Cities of Zululand Everyone knows that they are poisoners of wells and murderers of children, and practitioners of magic. Triplanetary The physician is not less conversant with noxious drags than the poisoner; the difference lies in the fact that the one employs his skill to alleviate suffering, the other to work out evil and destruction. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Woe to you, Prefect of Rome, poisoner and murderer of my sister! A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) The street was deserted before him; but behind him the terrible cry still resounded, “Seize him! stop him! a poisoner!” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z As the women who practised the arts of the poisoner were also devotees of sorcery, the crime and the superstition came to be thought of together. Women of England Nobody ever heard it bark when the poisoner approached the stables. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories After a destructive earthquake, the whole appears to have been rebuilt by Xenophon, the physician and poisoner of the emperor Claudius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" "Kill me," she cried, defyingly, "or accuse me at the tribunal as a poisoner--I am silent." Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Beyond them was another little band of people prepared to seize the poisoner, but prevented by the same obstacle. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Her former indictment as a poisoner was counted upon to give probability to the charge. Women of England She was a poisoner, and all that Larette had hastily told me was confirmed in Montpellier; while a number of various circumstances threw still greater light on her murderous deed. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors No, sir; I am no murderer; no city burner; no poisoner! Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles But, you, Hugh, my beloved, whatever may be said, would you also accuse me of being a poisoner? The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium The enemy was obliged to retreat, crying, however, “Seize him! seize him! he is a poisoner!” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The histories of more than one poisoner bear terrible evidence that this description of crime assumes the form of an irresistible passion. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II I desire nothing," said Bertollon, "but an eternal separation from the poisoner, and I require no other punishment for her than the failure of her attempt. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Yet under this public demonstration secret influences seem to have been at work within the palace walls, for the imperial poisoner retained her power at court and her influence over her son. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The man was a poisoner, a demon who worked in the dark, without soul, without honour. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier “You have been terribly frightened, it seems,” said the monatto; “you appear to be a harmless sort of a person; you should have another face than that for a poisoner.” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z Furious voices are heard, and a savage and cruel mob calls him a poisoner and hurls itself upon him, beating and striking him. Contemporary Russian Novelists At this Madame Bertollon was offended, and asked whether they thought she was a poisoner; but at length being no longer able to refuse the phial without causing suspicion, she gave it up. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Conscience had smitten her in the form of this terrific vision, and retribution came to the poisoner in the halls which she had made infamous by her crimes. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Had he possessed such a weapon he would probably have feared to draw it lest he might injure himself; but as a poisoner he was without a peer in France. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier “Go, go, poor poisoner,” replied he, “it will not be you who will destroy Milan!” The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z From the histories of several poisoners we have terrible examples how the commission of crimes of this class becomes at last an all-absorbing passion. Weird Tales, Vol. II. This action is of interest in view of the fact that she was considered a dangerous woman and a poisoner. Washo Religion Such as were found in her hands would have proved her, in their opinion, a poisoner or a dealer in accursed charms. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages In Henry VIII.'s reign poisoners were boiled to death in Smithfield; and in cruel Mary's reign the Protestant martyrs were burned in the same place. Old and New London Volume I Charles, like a host of prominent princes and statesmen of the sixteenth century, was currently reported to have fallen a victim to the poisoner's art, then in its prime. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 The female poisoner, Buscemi, when writing to her accomplice, signed herself, "Your Lucrezia Borgia." Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Yesterday only an ordinary scoundrel: to-day the worst and most deadly of all murderers—the poisoner! Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 It is the more important, because the witches who made these essays at the risk of passing for poisoners, certainly began with the weakest, and rose gradually to the strongest. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Consequently the poisoners of the wells of truth had a facile task. England and Germany September 10: New York.—Head-quarters of all kinds of politicians, of schemers, of perpetrators of treasonable attempts, of falsifiers, of poisoners of the people's mind. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 These serious anti-social elements, murderers, poisoners, and swindlers, might be secluded in a small reformatory with compulsory labour and silence as additional penalties. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso In the year 1531, when Henry VIII. was king, an act was passed for boiling poisoners to death. Bygone Punishments Lady Frances was not the only female poisoner among the higher classes of society. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) He argued that the word in Leviticus translated “witch” meant “poisoner,” and besought the princes of Europe to hinder the further spilling of innocent blood. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete If poison be given with a view to destroy another, and it cures him of disease, the poisoner is guilty, but the act is beneficent in its results. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject This does not mean that all suspicion against Sergeant Overton was forgotten, but the men now remembered that Hinkey had been the most active and bitter poisoner of minds against Hal. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands He was publicly boiled to death at Smithfield, and the act ordained that all manner of poisoners should meet with the same doom henceforth. Bygone Punishments By this trying state of privation, distrust, and suspicion the hatred against the supposed poisoners became greatly increased, and often broke out in popular commotions, which only served still further to infuriate the wildest passions. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Astrologer, botanist, poisoner, he is said to have been, and I don't wonder.' Border Ghost Stories The Doges of Venice, the Borgias, and the Medici have all had secret poisoners in their pay. The Stretton Street Affair It was there that Agrippina contrived to poison him, by the aid of Locusta, a professed poisoner, and Xenophon, a physician, while she affected an excess of grief. Ancient States and Empires You are like a cowardly poisoner, who would send us to our death by putting poison in our food. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death I seized him by the throat, with the words, “Murderer! poisoner! where is Julia?” A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Who would endure it if you made this a ground for accusing me of being a poisoner, merely because those drugs are capable of killing a man? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura I know that in criminal cases in London our pathologists, with their mirror-tests for arsenic, fix the guilt upon poisoners in a manner most amazing. The Stretton Street Affair "I want none of your poisoners here, let me tell you." The Son of Monte-Cristo Some of the Indians from the mountains are expert poisoners. Brandon of the Engineers A doctor poisoned a patient by mistake, but surely we’re not to class our dear medical men as poisoners and murderers on that account. The Mystery of a Turkish Bath Are you trying to teach me something about this poisoner of wells?” shouted Herr Carovius, and his face took on the enraged expression of a hunchback who has just been taunted about his deformity. The Goose Man Do you not call him a sinner, then, who is unjust and a thief and a house-breaker and a poisoner, a committer of sacrilege and a robber of the dead? A Source Book for Ancient Church History I could not help feeling that in some way her mind had been poisoned concerning me, and I was not long in deciding who was the poisoner. Roger Trewinion If Mr. Trimm had been a popular poisoner, or a society woman named as co-respondent in a sensational divorce suit, the papers could not have been more generous in their space allotments. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights The libretto cannot inspire us with feelings of particular pleasure, the heroine, whose part is by far the best and most interesting, being the celebrated murderess and poisoner Lucrezia Borgia. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Ardente,” instituted by Louis XIV. for the trial of poisoners, ii. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Dear unseen light in darkness! eclipser Of light in light! delicious poisoner! Endymion A Poetic Romance One of your favourites, Madame de Sévigné, shocks me by the cruelty of her description of the death of the famous poisoner, Madame de Brinvilliers. Confessions of a Book-Lover One thing was in her favor—she knew he was not armed; he had the contempt and the fear of a tried and proved poisoner for cruder lethal tools. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Does the poisoner do anything worse when he gives his victims the means of passing away slowly? Peter the Priest La, a famous poisoner in Italy, her crimes and execution; the nature of her potions, ii. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds A yet more scandalous trial was soon to show them in league with cheats and astrologers and poisoners. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 "We are paying off a poisoner, young sir, if you must know." The Day of Wrath How funny To hear one shout for freedom, t'other cheer The poisoner's cant about the Poor Man's Beer! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 In the next rank, to second this goodly troupe, follow poisoners, enchanters, wizards, fortune-tellers, magicians, witches and hags. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The deft and practised poisoner administered a dose to his wife. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada No; I could not be a poisoner—a murderess! The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia "What poisoner do you mean?" inquired Maria, who had not the remotest idea what the fellow was driving at. The Day of Wrath The first wife who bore my name was my accomplice, the second was a poisoner. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I It is the fate of moral poisoners to poison themselves as well as their victims. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 The stealer of these is scourged by thee; the sentence on the poisoner is to cleanse out the receptacle. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection This, on being examined, was discovered to be a most subtle and dangerous poison—one evidently prepared by that diabolical poisoner, Badmayev. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia There are districts in America where hygiene is supposed to be taught to children that are conscious of no other sanitary legislation but that which punishes the poisoner. Civics and Health There is reason to believe that in the time of Nero there was a class of women poisoners. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine On this very day, when the poison it being prepared for him, the poisoner receives a summons that for the time at least, will frustrate his foul plans. The Lone Ranche In spite of the dozens of lethal substances recommended by the Poison Institute, most poisoners stuck single-mindedly to arsenic or strychnine. The Status Civilization An angry sentence by Junius is as carefully compounded as a Renascence poison; but it is because Junius is really angry—like the poisoner. A Short History of England The landlord instantly informed against this “poisoner,” and the secretary of state removed him at once to Paris. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Had he been alive, he would have undoubtedly been tried with the other poisoners. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Aconite was one of the best-known poisons in ancient times; indeed it was so extensively used by professional poisoners in Rome during the Empire that a law was passed making its cultivation a capital offence. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology The impatient younger generation—and especially the women, who made up nearly 90 per cent of the poisoners on Omega—were satisfied with plain arsenic or strychnine, as the occasion and opportunity demanded. The Status Civilization "Fortunate I gave the name of Harkaway to that old professional poisoner, for they will never trace this job to me." Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series Let us all pray to be delivered from whim—it is the poisoner of our joys, the corrupter of our peace, and Dead-Sea fruit for all those about us. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians All the caterpillars of this group, which is found in many parts of the world, are very slug-like in form, and many have an evil reputation as poisoners, though our English species is happily innocent. Chatterbox, 1905. Ted wanted to spy out the land in advance to see if there were any signs of the troops and the poisoners. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur They simply weren't interested in the never-ending refinements of the poisoner's art. The Status Civilization Power is good when it is in the hands of those who use it well, but it is a great evil when murderers and poisoners are allowed to wield it. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study Then he remembered Rush and Palmer—the openly bold murderer and the secret poisoner. Can You Forgive Her? It is the most treasured secret that the Emperor's poisoners guard. Plays of Near & Far So long as the priest, that professional denier, calumniator and poisoner of life, is accepted as a higher variety of man, there can be no answer to the question, What is truth? The Antichrist All the extraordinary details of these events have recently been described in the book of Madame Latour, where the intimate connexion between the poisoners and the magicians is shown. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements No doubt it was a considerable factor in the marvellous defence he made of Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner, which, though unsuccessful, was universally considered amongst lawyers to have been a masterpiece of professional skill. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men A little earlier, again, it was not the poisoner that was looked for, but his predecessor, the sorcerer. Post-Prandial Philosophy Ambassador: Alas, but the Emperor's poisoners have added so wine-like a flavour to their most secret draught, that no man may tell by this means which is their work and which that inestimable wine. Plays of Near & Far "Because," replied Inspector Dunbar, "if 'The Scorpion' is a poisoner, as the chief seems to think, there's really only one man in England he has to fear, and that man is Dr. Keppel Stuart." The Golden Scorpion Then did these poisoners, seeing that their machinations redounded to the glory of the saint and to the shame of themselves, gather together fifty armed men to spill the blood of this just one. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings When they waked up, curse me, but the French poisoner had the brat! Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade "Look to the dishes," cried voices, as though some public and well-known poisoner had been seen to enter. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Ambassador: If they chanced to taste of the treasure of the Emperor's poisoners—well. Plays of Near & Far His friends accompany him to the poisoner’s house. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Happily for us the poisoner has been a little too cautious for the success of the crime. Milly Darrell and Other Tales Then everything was revealed, how the poisoner had talked with him in a friendly manner, and had held out the cup, also what he thought beforehand, and what happened afterwards. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell In the olden days, when the poisoner was in every palace, the Doge of Venice offered a reward for a crystal goblet that would break the moment a poison touched it. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Egypt was immediately put under martial law, but there was plenty of scope for a while for the midnight assassin and the poisoner. "Over There" with the Australians There the Buduk decoits, Thugs, and poisoners, remain without sentences, and will do so till Richmond goes, unless you give him a fillip. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II "You shall not escape hearing the end now, and you shall not murder me with your Indian poisoner here." Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Indeed, they were very bad in all ways themselves, and many of the ladies were poisoners like Agrippina, so that the city almost deserved the tyrant who came after Claudius. Young Folks' History of Rome The tools in this world say that a poisoner is always a coward: it is one of the phrases with which fools cheat themselves. Poison Island Helen calls me the Upas tree—the poisoner of her content. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Don't you go raking up old muck with me, you rotten big poisoner!" roared McQuiggan: "or you'll get the hot end of it. The Clarion If the guard could have been persuaded that the emperor was a poisoner of his kindred, their loyalty would have been exposed to numberless intrigues and attempts at seduction. The Women of the Caesars It has been long suspected that he is a poisoner, and they say that in spite of the poverty he takes on him, he is rich and full of money. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One If I did so now, I should be looked upon as the poisoner. The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts Go!" she cried, fiercely, "you snake, you coward, you felon, you abductor of feeble girls, you poisoner! The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week O poppy Death!—sweet poisoner of sleep; Where shall I seek for thee, oblivious drug, That I may steep thee in my drink, and creep Out of life's coil? The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood As for the public, ever ready to believe all the infamies which were reported of the imperial house, it was firmly convinced that Livilla was an abominable poisoner. The Women of the Caesars The medical profession has nursed poisoners enough to have baned all the rats of christendom; but the resolute patient must still have his prescription—if he die for it. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales I have made up my mind that my innocence of this crime shall come forth victorious at the expense of somebody's honor; for never, never could I become a vile and cowardly poisoner. The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts For the poisoners of the soul there was the stake,302 for the poisoners of the body, the boiling cauldron,—the two most fearful punishments for the most fearful of crimes. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) I was then taken to the police of the town; but the landholders had begged me to say nothing about the poisoners, lest it might get them and their village community into trouble. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official As a toxicologist he was marvellous in his accuracy; no poisoner could escape his exact analysis. Memories and Anecdotes Idem, on Jeremiah: For the punishment of homicides, impious persons and poisoners is not bloodshed, but serving the law. Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities Ashford, Mary.—Sensational trials for murder have of late years been numerous enough, indeed, though few of them have had much local interest, if we except that of the poisoner Palmer. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically These things are called charms, but they are in fact poisons: and those who administer them are actual poisoners, as has been proved by sundry experiences. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes These poisoners are spread all over India, and are as numerous over the Bombay and Madras Presidencies as over that of Bengal. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Soon the fish become stupified and float upon the surface to the gaping nets of the poisoners. White Shadows in the South Seas Years afterwards it was put down to the account of Palmer the poisoner, who it was said had administered strychnine to Lord George as he did to some other members of the aristocracy. The Portland Peerage Romance "Thou art forgiven; but oh! my father! who shall do justice on the murderer, the poisoner?" The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune The animal remains on its feet, but exertion is impossible, and neither rein, whip, nor spur serves to stimulate the cunning poisoner's victim. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour The intention is almost always to destroy life, as 'dead men tell no tales'; but the poisoned people sometimes recover, as in the present case, and lead to the detection of the poisoners. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Rum-- poisoner! destroyer! that spits venom all around, and leaves the ground infected with slime! Fifteen Years in Hell Oh, you may very probably find a second Gabriel Nietzel, whom you may goad on to crime, profiting by his agony and distress of mind to change a thoughtless deceiver into a poisoner! The Youth of the Great Elector "Thou hast knowingly and wilfully abetted, not one but many poisoners, and the stake is the fitting doom for thee and them." The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune The rascals had not become artistic poisoners at that date, and it was found that the poor mare had received the drug through a rather large puncture in her nostril. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour The many known examples of their criminal use inclines us to believe that these kahuna were rather poisoners than magicians. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands She informed him that there was less to be apprehended from the poisoners. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Was it possible that this woman should be a murderess, a poisoner? The Teeth of the Tiger It was late that afternoon when the boys and their poisoner arrived at the Agency. The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch If the subject dies, his relatives may get revenge on the poisoner. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe Tiberius made no open comment, but observed to his mother that it would hardly be surprising should he contemplate harsh measures towards one who obviously took him for a poisoner. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History You have done wrong to bring that poisoner here, my lord. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance "We are assured," Madame de Sevigné writes, "that the gates of Namur, Antwerp, and other towns have been closed against the Countess, the people crying out, 'We want no poisoner here'!" Love affairs of the Courts of Europe They are typical poisoners of the worst kind; of the intelligent, cautious, resourceful kind. The Mystery of 31 New Inn We came thither, and I was left in the hands of the landlord, who was Swiss by race, poisoner by profession, and robber by custom. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters At the entrances of some villages notices were posted warning strangers not to enter lest they be arrested as poisoners. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. He knew more about cooking than all the chefs in Europe and taught my poisoner to make rations taste like food. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 This fact, of course, it was argued, might not have been known to the would-be poisoner. The Man from Brodney's "And to effect the release of this poisoner from blockade." The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Mrs. Gaylor often chatted with the old squirrel poisoner, who was known to be devoted to her; a harmless creature who hurt nobody—except himself and the squirrels. The Port of Adventure He was pounded with stones while the bystanders called out, "Kill the poisoner, the foreign devils' poisoner!" Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. The fact of a man being a poisoner is nothing against his prose. Intentions So rooted had it become in France between the years 1670 and 1680, that Madame de Sevigne, in one of her letters, expresses her fear that Frenchman and poisoner would become synonymous terms. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 You are very right, certainly, to call him a poisoner, by whom you see that your present disastrous condition has been brought about. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 It was not Nick Hilliard after all, but old Simeon Harp, the squirrel poisoner, coming from the direction of Nick's ranch, bringing her a message, maybe. The Port of Adventure Now poisoners in Persia suffer thus by law. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans It was not, however, till the year 1679, when he instituted the "Chambre Ardente," for the trial of the slow poisoners and pretenders to sorcery, that he published any edict against duelling. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The most notorious of the poisoners that derived their pernicious knowledge from this man was Madame de Brinvilliers, a young woman connected both by birth and marriage with some of the noblest families of France. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 You shall hear the truth in respect to the poisoner Rappaccini and his poisonous daughter; yes, poisonous as she is beautiful. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories As a squirrel poisoner he was a brilliant success. The Port of Adventure I did not know whether I had before me a poisoner or a woman of admirable devotion.'' She Stands Accused War upon the English perjurer, the devourer of India, the poisoner of China, the tyrant of Ireland, and the eternal enemy of France! What is Property? He now began to fear that he had been rash in engaging so zealously to bring the poisoners to punishment. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 El Motaddid was a poet and a lover of letters, who was also a poisoner, a drinker of wine, a sceptic and treacherous to the utmost degree. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "Who was with him—some man, I suppose?" she asked of the squirrel poisoner, who stood quietly adoring her with eyes dimmed by drink and years. The Port of Adventure The poisoner could hardly be M. Bidard, and as far as suspicion might touch the cook, she seemed to be lavish in her care of the patient. She Stands Accused They were bandits, counterfeiters, poisoners, incendiaries, murderers, parricides. Les Misérables This, it will be remembered, was an epoch of poisoners. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 Hendriks, the Palmers Green poisoner, typed out his confession on cream inlaid paper before dosing himself. The Yellow Streak Nor is there anything in the inventory of her qualities that prepares us for her sudden assumption of the role of poisoner, when she is already, as she must suppose, the mistress of the situation. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller He did not want to be nicknamed ``Providence for poisoners.'' She Stands Accused The anointing of the swords went on rapidly, and the wine went as rapidly down the throats of the four poisoners. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 "Hi, you—scoundrel, poisoner, assassin—send the manager here at once." The Best British Short Stories of 1922 She figures strangely among the poisoners and adulteresses. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The hour of danger had been passed in safety, and the mischief worked by the poisoner's slow process had been well nigh counteracted by medical skill. Charlotte's Inheritance Before she died she made the following remarkable statement: ``I have been a poisoner, but not intentionally.'' She Stands Accused Conspirators and poisoners are painted with black, beady eyes and swarthy hue; Judas, in Leonardo's picture, is the model of them all. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 To be left to her and her cordial seemed to me something like being left to the poisoner and her bowl. Villette The hidden hand of the secret poisoner is about its fatal work; it is for you and me to discover to whom the hand belongs. Run to Earth A Novel This mysterious illness, this slow silent decay of bloom and beauty, by a process inscrutable as the devilry of medieval poisoner or Hecate-serving witch—this was murder. Charlotte's Inheritance There is, for example, a plethora of women poisoners. She Stands Accused Behold Bracciolini once more in the palace of the Pontiffs of Rome; and now acting, in the capacity of Secretary, or, more properly, writer of the Apostolic Letters, to a Pope who was a poisoner. Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century Even after his conversion, if he condemns profane literature as a poisoner of souls, he absolves the beauty of language. Saint Augustin As the small carafon in which the liquor was placed upon the table was emptied, the poisoner never found any difficulty in gaining access to the fresh supply. Run to Earth A Novel He had fancied himself in the poisoner Fryar's place; and the fancy had sent an icy chill through his veins. Charlotte's Inheritance The list of women poisoners in England alone would stretch interminably. She Stands Accused You are not only a bigamist and an ex-convict,—you are also a poisoner, my dear madam, and may be hanged for that. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee I see the clear sunsets of the martyrs; I see from the scaffolds the descending ghosts, Ghosts of dead lords, uncrowned ladies, impeached ministers, rejected kings, Rivals, traitors, poisoners, disgraced chieftains, and the rest. Poems By Walt Whitman But the time was passing, and the poison was not telling, as far as he, the poisoner, could judge from appearances, on Douglas Dale. Run to Earth A Novel Could he doubt that reader to have been the man in whose possession he found the book, the man whom that very day he had heard plainly denounced as a poisoner? Charlotte's Inheritance But there is, in truth, just about as much foundation for the charge as there is for the other, that Lucretia was a poisoner. She Stands Accused While you are a convict—a bigamist,—and a poisoner! Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee I took it that he wanted my opinion of the female poisoner who had just left us. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories He, personally, wouldn't have harmed a fly; but he was a wholesale poisoner for dividends. The Deluge The scene of his story is placed in Italy,—the land of beauty, but also the country of poisoners. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne This ghoulish satisfaction, with the conjectured feeling of omnipotence, is not peculiar to the woman poisoner. She Stands Accused It is the law, your Grace—for poisoners. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 5. "I advise you to change that name of yours, Jack, to Sidney, or Percy, or Walker if you like; anything but the illustrious surname of Briggs the poisoner!" Two Years Ago, Volume I The poisoner fled to Florence, and was lodged safely in the Palazzo Medici, under the Duke's special protection. The Tragedies of the Medici The poisoners and the Bacchanals, therefore, were punished as their crimes deserved. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius The supposed sense of power does not even belong exclusively to the poisoner. She Stands Accused Byron shortly afterwards discovered his host to be, a poisoner and an assassin. Byron And we must remember that the poisoners of those days were very ingenious. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story Charming as they are, they are poisoners, and a headache is what we may fairly expect after sleeping shut in with them in the same room. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals I am what is called a Christian scientific poisoner—that is a doctor! Temporal Power One hears and reads, however, a great deal about the sense of power which gradually steals upon the poisoner. She Stands Accused The evening when I bade you exchange your scullion's cap for a footman's hat—poisoner— Fil-de-Soie We will drop the extra names. Vautrin "No," I agreed, and fell silent, shivering a little, for there is something horrible and revolting about the poisoner. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story That is a poisoner, a stupefier, a traitor to the nervous system, and, consequently, to energy and the spirit of enterprise, which I renounced once and for ever before I reached my twentieth year. Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life He is poisoned, but overcomes the dose and severely beats the poisoner. A Brief History of the United States There is, indeed, chapter and verse for believing that poisoners have arrived at a sense of omnipotence. She Stands Accused "For the love of me, base poisoner!" answered Douglas, "wouldst thou have committed so horrible, so unprovoked a murder, and mentioned my name with it?" The Abbot Nor will the knowledge of toxicology prevent the physician from being a poisoner, or skill in handwriting keep a man from becoming a forger. Bricks Without Straw This statute also inflicts punishment of death on poisoners, who kill men by their hateful arts of poison and magic, or who publicly sell deadly drugs. The Institutes of Justinian Mrs. Praed says of the poisoner, "That squatter deserves to have his name handed down to the contempt of posterity." Following the Equator, Part 3 Sylvia, the cunning huntress, having pretended to relent, van Tuiver had gone South to his wooing again, while Claire had stayed at home and read a book about the poisoners of the Italian renaissance. Sylvia's Marriage "Nay, madam," replied the Queen, "say rather you see the deserved judgment of Heaven upon a Calvinistical poisoner." The Abbot What Stevenson calls the "passion of interference with others" is one of the wretchedest poisoners of human happiness. Problems of Conduct If the criminal be a slave, the penalty fixed by the statute is death, as in the statute relating to assassins and poisoners: if a free man, deportation. The Institutes of Justinian "A clever poisoner can put over a big thing." Raspberry Jam "Let the police find the poisoner!" said Ransford, with a grim smile. The Paradise Mystery A man may be a thief, but it does not follow that he is a poisoner.' The Chaplet of Pearls Regret and remorse are among the greatest poisoners of happiness, and prospective ideals must bear that truth in mind. Problems of Conduct Hence, accursed Snake! ..thou poisoner of peace! … thou quivering sting in the flesh!—thou destroyer of the strength of manhood! Ardath Death was delayed long enough, also, to divert suspicion from the real poisoner. The Treasure-Train And you answered, 'If so, Yorke-Bannerman was innocent, and YOU are the poisoner.' Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Cursed poisoner of the republic, you come here to kill my husband in my presence! Socrates His introduction of professed poisoners from Europe, ii. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 It is just the difference between arsenic as used by a good physician and by a poisoner. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Sir Walter Ralegh brought from the new world that potato and that weed, the one a killer of pestilence by absorption, the other a poisoner of the ear, eye, heart, memory, will understanding, all. Ulysses "And you conclude from this that the words of the song saved your life? you think that the man with whom you were eating was a poisoner?" Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends This district of the Central Apennines was always famous for witches, poisoners, and so forth. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini The banks of the Nile are infamous for these arts, and Mohammed Ali Pasha imported, it is said, professional poisoners from Europe. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 O poisoner of children, surely it would be better to cut the knot of reluctance and uncord the casket of explanation. Hassan : the story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the golden journey to Samarkand : a play in five acts I had put the jug back in its place, and was returning to Cristel, when the poisoner showed himself, entering from the servant's room. The Guilty River "Doctor Dormann, do you suspect there is a poisoner in my house?" Jezebel's Daughter Our Holy Father Thunders his ban from Rome against all such As aid the poisoners. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations It is in the fictions concerning her family that she is given such unenviable importance, and presented as a Maenad, a poisoner, and worse. The Life of Cesare Borgia "It's not enough to have—have her die, but I must be her poisoner," he said mechanically. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course She knew how the poisoner had plotted to get rid of me—but nothing that I could say induced her to tell me how she had made the discovery. The Guilty River My suspicions of poisoning pointed to the poisoner. Jezebel's Daughter "Divinity and medicine," he said genially, "soul healer and body poisoner, we'll ride double for a time," and proceeded to bind the doctor's hands with his own scarf. To Have and to Hold In the popular imagination she lives chiefly as a terrific poisoner, an appalling artist in venenation. The Life of Cesare Borgia We yield not to pagan dogs and poisoners. The Brethren The poisoner knew she was dead, but something still woke her suspicions, as with a new thought she drew back and looked again at the beauteous form before her. The Golden Dog Nowadays assassins and poisoners are decapitated more decently. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo The duke gave him ‘such Italian antidotes against poison as the Scots till then had been strangers to’: indeed, there is no antidote for a dirk, and the Scots were not poisoners. Introduction to the Compleat Angler Locusta, a famous female poisoner employed by Agrippina and Nero. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 He was the father of the prince of poisoners, Caesar Borgia; he was greedy, immoral, fond of ease and pleasure; he was even said to be a poisoner himself. A History of the Moravian Church The blood of generations of poisoners and assassins boiled and rioted in her veins. The Golden Dog The third class is the highest rank of doctors, consisting chiefly of Tibetans and Kalmucks—poisoners. Beasts, Men and Gods By this trying state of privation, distrust, and suspicion, the hatred against the supposed poisoners became greatly increased, and often broke out in popular commotions, which only served still further to infuriate the wildest passions. The Black Death The Dancing Mania That, if we are absolutely sure of it, leaves as the poisoner only Natacha. The Secret of the Night Ladies, he said, were famous poisoners in the Middle Ages. The Egoist Such secrets never die," replied the poisoner; "they are too precious! The Golden Dog The drawing-room door at last swung open, and the calm faces of the physicians reassured the poisoner. The Mystery of Orcival I have only to add that the union of the poisoner, the quacksalver, the alchemist, and the astrologer in the same person was familiar to the pretenders to the mystic sciences. Kenilworth "Oh, that is horrible," muttered the stupefied reporter; "that is horrible, for then the poisoner must be either Natacha or me." The Secret of the Night Why does not the great detective arrest the poisoner of her father? The Golf Course Mystery He hastily constituted the terrible Chambre Ardente, a court of supreme criminal jurisdiction, and commissioned it to search out, try, and burn, without appeal, all poisoners and secret assassins in the kingdom. The Golden Dog Too weak to satisfy natural instincts in adults, he attacks immature girls, and his fear of people he can no longer otherwise oppose turns him into a poisoner. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Wait till the usurper, the poisoner, commits himself with the Papists. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger "Yes; but to wait surrounded by assassins and poisoners." The Three Musketeers To the scaffold with the poisoner—to the scaffold! The Count of Monte Cristo And, perchance still failing, then might I expect the common bravo’s steel in my back or the common poisoner’s philter in my wine, my meat, or bread. The Jacket (Star-Rover) "We must proceed against these miserable women—veritable poisoners that they are!" Damaged Goods; the great play "Les avaries" by Brieux, novelized with the approval of the author Nor must I omit how Frode was wont to sprinkle his food with brayed and pounded atoms of gold, as a resource against the usual snares of poisoners. The Danish History, Books I-IX "I can select whomsoever I choose, and I'd rather cut off my right arm than put that poisoner in the way of earning another copper." Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Overpowered with agitation, the poisoner succeeded in groping her way to the door, and reached her room in an agony of fear. The Count of Monte Cristo But I said, and so said all we Arians, that the violent sickness was due to a poison, and that the poison was due to Alexander himself, Bishop of Constantinople and devil’s poisoner. The Jacket (Star-Rover) But I have always observed that poisoners were cowards. The Count of Monte Cristo Your grandfather knows, then, that a poisoner lives here; perhaps he even suspects the person. The Count of Monte Cristo The spectre of Valentine rising before the poisoner would have alarmed her less. The Count of Monte Cristo Since the death of Madame de Saint-Meran, I have known that a poisoner lived in my house. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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