 | Frederic Seebohm - 1891 - 324 trang
...forgiveness. More kissed ' him. " Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I ' " can receive," he said ; " pluck up thy spirit, man, and ' " be not afraid to...; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry 1 " for saving of thine honesty." The executioner offered ' to tie his eyes. " I will cover them myself,"... | |
 | 1887 - 832 trang
...out to execution on Tower Hill. The weak scaffold shook as he mounted it. "See me safe up," he said to Sir William Kingston, "for my coming down I can...his beard, remarking, "Pity that should be cut, it lias not committed treason." And so he died. The execution of Fisher and the Carthusian raised a tempest... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 trang
...forgiveness. More kissed him. "Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said. " Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do...thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." The executioner offered to tie his eyes. "I will cover them myself," he said ; and binding them in... | |
 | Henry de Beltgens Gibbins - 1892 - 266 trang
...turned to the executioner, and with a cheerful countenance spake unto him — ' Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office, my neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou strike not awry for saving thine honesty.' So passed Sir Thomas More out of this world to God,... | |
 | John Fletcher Hurst - 1893 - 760 trang
...purity of heart, domestic virtue, simplicity, and tenderness. After kissing his executioner, he said, "Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can...My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that then strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty." Cranmer was, of all men of his time, most powerful... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1894 - 402 trang
...receive," he said ; " Pluck up thy spirit, man,6 and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is7 very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty."8 The executioner offered to tie his 9 eyes. " I will cover them myself," he said; and binding... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1895 - 204 trang
...turned to the executioner, and with a cheerful countenance spake unto him : " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed therefore thou shoot not awry for saving thine honesty." So passed Sir Thomas More out of this world to God.... | |
 | Longman (Firm) - 1897 - 248 trang
...forgiveness. More kissed him. "Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said. "Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do...therefore that thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty." The executioner offered to tie his eyes. " I will cover them myself," he said ; and,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 trang
...forgiveness. }5 More kissed him. "Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said. " Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do...therefore that thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty." The executioner offered 20 to tie his eyes. " I will cover them myself," he said, and,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 trang
...forgiveness. 15 More kissed him. " Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said. " Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do...therefore that thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty." The executioner offered 20 to tie his eyes. " I will cover them myself," he said, and,... | |
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Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty. 
