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| 1 | 227 | This, like the hanging in View more quotes about chains">chains, the exposure on boards, and such, is a very ancient modality of execution. |
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| 1 | 224 | "Yes, that is better," agreed the first. |
| 1 | 225 | If one shares a Home Stone with the victim, of course, the punishment is often more humane. |
| 1 | 226 | A common punishment where this mitigating feature obtains is to strip the victim, tie him to a post, beat him with rods and then behead him. |
| 1 | 227 | This, like the hanging in chains, the exposure on boards, and such, is a very ancient modality of execution. |
| 1 | 228 | I saw a knife leave a sheath in the driving rain. |
| 1 | 229 | "There is no time," said a man. |
| 1 | 230 | "I will cut their throats now". |