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Old and New London
… death, as the state of the flesh over the vertebr of the neck plainly showed. It was hacked, and the severance had … drawn on sledges to Tyburn, where they were hanged by the neck from the morning until four in the afternoon." …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Mr Deheny by name, has been condemned to be hanged by the neck until dead, on charge of cowardice, in the action before … So in order to get the rope low enough to put it round his neck, they made the drop shorter. When the executioner … been left suspended in the air, but instead of that his neck was merely jerked a little as his feet touched the …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… I went from thence to Beachy Head, where I nearly broke my neck trying to climb the cliff, to Pevensey Castle, which …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… robberies (that is, one man putting a rope round your neck and nearly strangling you and another or more picking …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… while it was still in motion. The wheels passed over his neck and literally cut his head off, severing it entirely …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… ago, looking out of the window, the sash fell upon his neck and held him fast till one of the lords came and lifted …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… and he saw a soldier throw a rope round the statue's neck and pull it down. There were soldiers with carbines …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… being much strengthened thereby. The French are cutting a neck of land at La Hogue to make a safe port there for their …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… great damage was done, only Churchill complained of his neck being broken; the King told him there was little danger …