1 Mikolka was in a fury that he could not kill her at one blow.
2 As she was so short, the blow fell on the very top of her skull.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 1: CHAPTER VII 3 Know, sir, that such blows are not a pain to me, but even an enjoyment.
4 Mikolka stood on one side and began dealing random blows with the crowbar.
5 "It's my property," shouted Mikolka and brought the shaft down with a swinging blow.
6 Then he dealt her another and another blow with the blunt side and on the same spot.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 1: CHAPTER VII 7 "Look out," he shouted, and with all his might he dealt a stunning blow at the poor mare.
8 He stealthily took the axe from the noose and struck her one blow, then another on the skull.
9 The axe fell with the sharp edge just on the skull and split at one blow all the top of the head.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 1: CHAPTER VII 10 One night, when out in a festive company, he had with one blow laid a gigantic policeman on his back.
11 All at once laughter broke into a roar and covered everything: the mare, roused by the shower of blows, began feebly kicking.
12 The blow fell; the mare staggered, sank back, tried to pull, but the bar fell again with a swinging blow on her back and she fell on the ground like a log.
13 But the six whips were attacking her in all directions, and the shaft was raised again and fell upon her a third time, then a fourth, with heavy measured blows.
14 That's why she would not overlook Mr. Lebeziatnikov's rudeness to her, and so when he gave her a beating for it, she took to her bed more from the hurt to her feelings than from the blows.
15 From his dress and appearance they might well have taken him for a beggar asking alms in the streets, and the gift of the twenty copecks he doubtless owed to the blow, which made them feel sorry for him.
16 When I heard of all this I wanted to blow him up, too, to clear my conscience, but by that time harmony reigned between me and Pashenka, and I insisted on stopping the whole affair, engaging that you would pay.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 2: CHAPTER III 17 With the cry of "now," the mare tugged with all her might, but far from galloping, could scarcely move forward; she struggled with her legs, gasping and shrinking from the blows of the three whips which were showered upon her like hail.
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