He and his companions proceeded to lift the corpse out of the coffin.

He and his companions proceeded to lift the corpse out of the coffin.

G. Stiff

c. 1843

Wood engraving

Source: The Hathi Trust version of G. W. M. Reynolds’s The Mysteries of London 1.121

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  • The two men drew the corpse gently out of its coffin
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