12) Fifth Joint Debate at Galesburg. Mr. Douglas's Speech. Lincoln, Abraham. 1897. Political Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas
...right? You know such is the fact with regard to your own party. You know that the axe of decapitation is suspended over every man in office in Illinois, and the terror...

13) The Revolutionist s Handbook. Shaw, Bernard. 1903. Man and Superman
...as we dug up and mutilated the remains of Cromwell two centuries ago. We have demanded the decapitation of the Chinese Boxer princes as any Tartar would have done;...

14) Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909-14. Stories from the Thousand and One Nights. The Harvard Classics
...arose, saying, I desire to proclaim throughout the city, He who wisheth to witness the decapitation of Nur-ed-Din Ali the son of El-Fadl the son of Khakan, let him...