 | William Nicholls - 1723 - 556 pages
...miferable Criminal was well nigh whipt to Death with Rods or Scourges ; the tendereft Part of his Body, the Palms of his Hands, and the Soles of his Feet, were pierced thro* with Nails, and fo fuffered to linger out the little Remains of Life in extreme Pain... | |
 | 1862 - 818 pages
...personal appearance as prepossessing as it had been in his power to do. He was just fresh from the bath. The palms of his hands and the soles of his feet were dyed a deep chestnut colour, and every finger-nail was of the same dark hue. His beard, carefully combed... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...also was covered with a coat of hardy thorns, resembling that of a hedge-hog or porcupine : excepting his face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet. Again : small pox never affects either the soles of the feet, or the palms of the fcak GS GUASDMAMMA'S... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...it is 24 years since he was first shown to the society. The skin of this man, except on his head and face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, is covered with excrescences that resemble an innumerable company of warts, of a brown colour and cylindrical... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pages
...England, in l7l0. The skin of his body was covered with excrescences like thorns, or prickles, and about the thickness of a packthread. His face, the palms...moved over the body. They were half an inch long in some parts, and were shorter in others. They did not appear till two months after his birth ; but,... | |
 | 1837 - 486 pages
...his body and hands are covered, seems nothing different from other people ; but, except his head and face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, his skin was covered in the same manner as in the year 173). This covering seems to me most nearly... | |
 | 1837 - 490 pages
...his body and hands are covered, seems nothing different from other people ; but, except his head and face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, his skin was covered in the same manner as in the year 1731. This covering seems to me most nearly... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...the establishment. He was covered over with a green horny substance in the shape of quills, excepting his face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet. He was known at the fairs as the ' Porcupine Man.' In the Philosophical Transactions (vol. xxxviii,... | |
 | 1845 - 916 pages
...covered, he seemed nothing different from other people. But (continues Baker), except his head and face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, his skin is all over covered in the same manner as in the year 1731 ; of which, therefore, 1 shall... | |
 | 1851 - 532 pages
...to some naturalists, is so hard as to be proof against a musquet ball. Upon visiting him, I saw that his face, the palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, were smooth like those of other men, but that the entire surface of the rest of his body appeared to be... | |
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... and huge eyes like bowls, with two tusks like turnips and the beak of a hawk; his belly was blotched with purple; and the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet were blue-black! "Whither away?" cried the monster. "Halt! you are my prey. 
