"Headsman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... returned; "silly things, girls are. There's Dorothy, you know; we were playing at executions the other day—she was Mary Queen of Scots an' I was the headsman. I made a lovely axe with wood and silver paper, you know; and when I cut her head off she cried awfully, and I only gave her the weeniest little tap—an' they sent me to bed at six o'clock for it. I believe she cried on purpose—awfully caddish, ...
— My Lady Caprice • Jeffrey Farnol
... peace, Master Walter; it shall be as I have said.—Call the headsman. They of Calais have made so many of my men to die, that they ...
— Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... centre, so that they could be secured to the end of the harpoon-line, to check the speed of the whale when running or sounding. Six men formed the crew of each boat: four for pulling, and two being officers; one called the boat-steerer, and the other the headsman. ...
— The South Sea Whaler • W.H.G. Kingston
... rings not soundly on politic ear; Obedience, the watchword e'er should be. To do and not to think we must demand. The welfare of our party e'er should be Our slogan even in this wilderness; And he who doth as critic act a part Should quickly feel the headsman's shining blade. ...
— 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts • Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
... execution, and she, unconscious of the terrible sacrifice, but awaking and missing him, has a vision of the procession to the guillotine, with Zanoni there, radiant in youth and beauty, followed by the sudden vanishing of the headsman,—the horror,—and the "Welcome" of her loved one to Heaven in a myriad of melodies ...
— Zanoni • Edward Bulwer Lytton
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