The gibbet instead of the block!
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
The gibbet will remain an object of terror to the traveller, who dreads being robbed and murdered; but an incitement to despair, in the mind of the murderer!
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
We can never feel very safe with the man whose humor tends to bitter speaking or keen sarcasm, or with the man who flares up into hasty speech at every or no provocation, or with the man who is argumentative and assertive,- Who 'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight to wrangle.
"Friendship"
Hugh Black