Torments

This Doom being pass'd, he was brought out; and the Sight of those Men by him, whom I knew to be the common Executioners of those kind of Torments, made me know to what he was decreed; and wild with the Horror of his suffering them on any Account, much more on mine, I lost all Sense either of Shame or Danger to myself, and running in amongst the Guards, cried out to them, And is it for the Princess Bellraizia that the noble Abdomar must endure the Rack? —

Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel 1725

My Lord and My God, it is my unchangable will to honor you in these Fifteen Secret Torments when You shed Your Precious Blood; as many times as there are grains of sand around the seas, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as flowers in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as creatures on earth.

THE FIFTEEN SECRET TORTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST Esther 2009

My Lord and My God, it is my unchangable will to honor you in these Fifteen Secret Torments when You shed Your Precious Blood; as many times as there are grains of sand around the seas, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as flowers in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as creatures on earth.

Archive 2009-07-12 Esther 2009

Lowland, who was now actually marry'd to another Man; and when by this Means the Torments of my distorted Mind were a little appeas'd, I endeavour'd to clear my Countenance, wash'd my Face, took the Air at the

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Torments of earth: The fact is, Coe is an artist, and a very good one.

Drawing Political Fire 2008

Exilia'sPromise, like violent Thunder, awak'd all my Sorrows, and made me feel a thousand Torments, that I accus'd the fair perjur'd

Exilius 2008

Lowland, who was now actually marry'd to another Man; and when by this Means the Torments of my distorted Mind were a little appeas'd, I endeavour'd to clear my Countenance, wash'd my Face, took the Air at the

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Torments inflicted on bodyand mind violate the intrinsic dignity and worth of the human being, and erode the character of the nation that tortures.

Taguba, Torture, And Abu Ghraib 2007

One of the bystanders is morally outraged — "What not to pray?" — but another has a response at least as characteristic of Jacobean England: "Torments will ope your lips" (5.2.312).

Shakespeare and the Uses of Power Greenblatt, Stephen 2007

Either way, he is suffering the Torments of Hell and shall continue to do so for many days more.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007