And this, a few hundred years earlier, would have been the natural and effective moment for the thumbscrews. [Please select]
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"They tried the thumbscrews on me," said Spence with a pitiful smile, glancing at his injured members. [Please select]
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Meynel, sitting next me, "that the duke has thumbscrews of some kind on Mr." [Please select]
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They were going to put the boot on me at first, but the officer in command ordered them to try the thumbscrews. [Please select]
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"Let him taste the thumbscrews," growled Glendinning savagely, and pointing to Black. [Please select]
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They included the application of fire to various parts of the body, the distension of the stomach and lungs by water poured into mouth, thumbscrews, the rack, the boot. [Please select]
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"I have seen a little boy tortured with the thumbscrews, pricked with bayonets, and otherwise inhumanly treated because he would not, or could not, tell where his father was." [Please select]
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