| Back | I believe it is impossible to express, to the life, what the ecstasies and transports of the soul are, when it is so saved, as I may say, out of the very grave: and I do not wonder now at the custom, when a malefactor, who has the halter about his neck, is tied up, and just going to be turned off, and has a reprieve brought to him—I say, I do not wonder that they bring a surgeon with it, to let him blood that very moment they tell him of it, that the surprise may not drive the animal spirits from the heart and overwhelm him. |
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| Front | Creo que es imposible expresar cabalmente, el éxtasis y la conmoción que siente el alma cuando ha sido salvada, diría yo, de la mismísima tumba. En aquel momento comprendí la costumbre según la cual cuando al malhechor, que tiene la soga al cuello y está a punto de ser ahorcado, se le concede el perdón, se trae junto con la noticia a un cirujano que le practique una sangría, en el preciso instante en que se le comunica la noticia, para evitar que, con la emoción, se le escapen los espíritus del corazón y muera: |
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