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| 7 | 127 | The spine, of View more quotes about course">course, would be immediately severed; moreover, part of the ax will, if the blow be powerful, emerge from the abdomen. |
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| 7 | 124 | He then jerked him to his knees by the iron collar. |
| 7 | 125 | "You have seen what your ax can do to posts," said he to me, "now let us see what it can do to the body of a man". |
| 7 | 126 | He then threw the young thrall to his feet, holding him by the collar, his back to me. |
| 7 | 127 | The spine, of course, would be immediately severed; moreover, part of the ax will, if the blow be powerful, emerge from the abdomen. |
| 7 | 128 | It takes, however, more than one blow to cut a body, that of a man, in two. |
| 7 | 129 | To strike more than twice, however, is regarded as clumsiness. |
| 7 | 130 | The young man stood, numbly, caught. |