 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...to be open. He went in, and crept softly down one pair of stairs, when he heard company talking in a room below. His irons giving a clink, a woman started,...take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As soon as the maid came back, and had shut the chamber-door, he made the best of his... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...to be open. He went in, and crept softly down one pair of stairs, when he heard company talking in a room below. His irons giving a clink, a woman started,...take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As soon as the maid came back, and had shut the chamber-door, he made the best of his... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...to be open. He went in, and crept softly down one pair of stairs, when he heard company talking in a room below. His irons giving a clink, a woman started,...take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As soon as the maid came back, and had shut the chamber-door, he made the best of his... | |
 | 1823 - 584 pages
...to be open. He went in, and crept softly down one pair of stairs, when he heard company talking in a room below. His irons giving a clink, a woman started,...Somebody answered, the dog or the cat; and thereupon Shep. pard returned up to the garret, and having continued there above two hours, he ventured down... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1846 - 392 pages
...crept back to the garret, and continued there about two hours. Having then ventured down a second time, he heard a gentleman take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As soon as the maid returned, and had shut the chamber door, he made the best of his way... | |
 | Biography - 1877 - 814 pages
...crept back to the garret and continued there about two hours. Having then ventured down a second time, he heard a gentleman' take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As •oon as the maid returned and had shut the chamber door, he madethe best of his way... | |
 | Alfred Marks - Capital punishment - 1908 - 358 pages
...to be open. He went in, and crept softly down one pair of stairs, when he heard company talking in a room below. His irons giving a clink, a woman started,...take leave of the company, and saw the maid light him down stairs. As soon as the maid came back, and had shut the chamber door, he made the best of his... | |
 | John L. Rayner, G. T. Crook - Crime - 1926 - 374 pages
...more as far as the room where the company were, when he heard a gentleman taking leave of the family, and saw the maid light him downstairs. As soon as the maid returned he resolved to venture all hazards, but in stealing down the stairs he stumbled against a... | |
 | John L. Rayner, G. T. Crook - Crime - 1926 - 374 pages
...more as far as the room where the company were, when he heard a gentleman taking leave of the family, and saw the maid light him downstairs. As soon as the maid returned he resolved to venture all hazards, but in stealing down the stairs he stumbled against a... | |
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... Newgate, with the spike he stole out of the chapel, and so sliding down, dropped upon the turner's leads, and then the clock struck nine. " Luckily for him the turner's garret-door on the leads happened to be open. He went in, and crept softly down... 