 | University of Pennsylvania. Department of History - 1897 - 174 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.... | |
 | Julian Stafford Corbett - 1898 - 522 trang
...that he that cuts off my head shall have little honesty, my neck is so short.' What More said was, ' My neck is very short. Take heed, therefore, that...thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty.' CHAPTEK IX THE VOYAGE OP CIRCUMNAVIGATION— (continued) THE tragedy in St. Julian's Bay was a crisis... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - 1900 - 384 trang
...kissed him. "Thou wilt do me this day a greater benefit than ever any mortal man can be able to do me. Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do...thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty." When they would have covered his eyes, he said, " I will cover them myself," and wrapped them with... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of History - 1902 - 200 trang
...he 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.... | |
 | William Roper - 1903 - 218 trang
...turned to the executioner with a cheerful countenance, and said 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 of thine honesty." So passed Sir Thomas More out of this world to... | |
 | Thomas More - 1904 - 350 trang
...probably saw that there was some danger of the man's nerve failing him, added, ' Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck...thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.' He then laid his head on the block, but suddenly raising it, said in a low voice, ' Stay till I have... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 690 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 thine office. My neck is very short. Take [1585 AI.] heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." The executioner... | |
 | Bede Camm - 1904 - 624 trang
...ever any mortal man can be able to give me ; pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thy office ; my neck is very short, take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving thy honesty.' When the executioner would have covered his eyes, he said, ' I will cover them myself,'... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1904 - 388 trang
...shift for myself.' He encouraged the headsman to do his duty fearlessly: ' Pluck up thy spirits, man; be not afraid to do thine office; my neck is very short.' He seemed to speak in jest as he moved his beard from the block, with the remark that it had never... | |
 | Richard Davey - 1906 - 718 trang
...pleasantry," as he handed him a gold angel : " Pluck op thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thy office: my neck is very short: take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty." Then again, with his wellknown sweet smile, he knelt and placed his head on the block,... | |
| |
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. 
