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| 24 | 762 | One View more quotes about tried">tried to stand, just a little, her knees flexed, her hands and arms raised to fend blows, but she was then, blow by blow, stroke by stroke, returned to her knees, and then when another blow fell she cried out for mercy, and threw herself to her belly, her hands over her head, sobbing. |
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| 24 | 759 | Each time they were thrown back to their knees, with the others. |
| 24 | 760 | They were then crowded together, one over the other. |
| 24 | 761 | Down came the lash! They cried out with pain, huddling together. |
| 24 | 762 | One tried to stand, just a little, her knees flexed, her hands and arms raised to fend blows, but she was then, blow by blow, stroke by stroke, returned to her knees, and then when another blow fell she cried out for mercy, and threw herself to her belly, her hands over her head, sobbing. |
| 24 | 763 | She had now learned what the whip could feel like. |
| 24 | 764 | Some of the women knelt, holding out their hands for mercy, but the lash fell upon them, too, and they put down their heads, sobbing, bending over, almost double. |
| 24 | 765 | Some, kneeling, crying out, sobbing, clasped their hands together, lifting them to the men. |