Executions
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Examples
- There were tortures and executions, as well as a great crowding of the gaols with Christian presbyters and bishops. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was guillotined--for since the previous August the guillotine had been in use as the official instrument in French executions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His story, with its constant assassinations and executions, reads rather like the history of some savage chief than of a civilized monarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A few executions--but not of the sort of people who matter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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