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Then one of the naires who accompanied the messenger, said smiling as if in contempt, that he had few men to perform so great an exploit; whereas the forces of the zamorin covered both the land and the water, and could not possibly be overcome by such a handful. Pacheco ordered this man to be well bastinadoed for his insolence, and bid him desire the zamorin to revenge his quarrel if he could.

"I'd rather be bastinadoed to death than be buried alive after all." "If it goes ill with me, as may well be the case," answered the Jew, "you have only to make use of this crowbar and wrench off the lock of the door. But if rioters enter the house, be careful not to do it until some time after they are gone, and all is quiet. When free, you must use your own wisdom and discretion. Farewell!"

"I refer," continued the consul, "to those unfortunate slaves who recently attempted to escape, and are now lying in chains condemned to be bastinadoed, thrown on the hooks, and otherwise tortured to death."

The Turks, however, out of respect for their Characters, are sent to the Aga's house, where they are either Bastinadoed or Strangled; and when the Women offend, they are not exposed to the populace, but are sent to a private House of Correction; or, if the Crime be Capital, they are sewn up in a Sack, carried out to Sea, and Drowned.

The vizier irritated with all the eunuch's frivolous presences, and convinced of his guilt, ordered him to be soundly bastinadoed. In undergoing this punishment, the poor wretch shrieked out aloud, and at last confessed the truth; "I own," cried he, "that we did eat a cream-tart at the pastry cook's, and that it was much better than that upon the table."

The unfortunate eunuch was thrown into a dungeon and loaded with heavy chains, after he had been bastinadoed almost to death; but still faithful to the lovers, he prevailed upon his gaoler by a large bribe during the night to permit him to dispatch a note by a trusty messenger to the princess, apprising her of the misfortune which had happened, in hopes that she would have time to escape with Eusuff towards his own country before her father's arrival.

And he wears a lot of crosses on his breast! And he struts about at court instead of being bastinadoed! And the scoundrel is called Monsieur le Comte!" "There are many like him," said Bixiou. "After all," said Joseph, "the Rabouilleuse deserves her fate, whatever it is. She is not worth pitying; she'd have had my neck wrung like a chicken's without so much as saying, 'He's innocent."

To the wretch's ear it was a rhyme! I destroyed the noisome thing and cast it into the waste-paper basket. "Prison," said I, "would be a luxurious reward for him. In a properly civilised country he would be bastinadoed and hanged." "Yes, he is dam bad," said Carlotta, serenely. "Good heavens!" I cried, "the ruffian has even taught you to swear.

The flag of the army of Italy and the eagles of 1813 Entrance of the Allies into Switzerland Summons to the Minister of Police My refusal to accept a mission to Switzerland Interviews with M. de Talleyrand and the Due de Picence Offer of a Dukedom and the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour Definitive refusal The Duc de Vicence's message to me in 1815 Commencement of the siege of Hamburg A bridge two leagues long Executions at Lubeck Scarcity of provisions in Hamburg Banishment of the inhabitants Men bastinadoed and women whipped Hospitality of the inhabitants of Altona.

He sent for them next morning, filled the first with good things, and bastinadoed him for not eating more, flogged the second severely for being unable to describe the difference between his own wife and the princess, and put the third to death.