"Leontius "Leontius," he writes, "was proceeding from the Piraeus outside the north wall when he perceived corpses lying near the public executioner.

柏拉图写到，从皮里亚斯,走出北侧墙外,他感受到尸体,躺在刽子手的周围。

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a Paris tout le monde etait coupable,"-- "in Paris everybody was guilty," shouted out one of the prosecutors as they shot men and women down.

巴黎的每个人都有罪","巴黎的每个人都有罪",一个行刑的刽子手如此喊道

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Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

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