...and observing the executioner loot sad and dejecled, " Pluck up thy spirits,- man/' said he, " and be not afraid to do thy office : my neck is very short, and .therefore for your credit's sake take care you do not strike awry.1' Then laying his head upon...

...benefit, than ever any mortal man can be able to give me. Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afiaidto do thy office. My neck is very short ; take heed therefore...that thou strike not awry for saving thy honesty." When he laid his head on the block, he desired the executioner to wait till he had removed his beard,...

...mem can be able to give me. Pluck-up thy tpirit man, and be not afraid to do thy office. My neck it very short ; take heed therefore that thou strike not awry, for saving thy honesty. When he laid his head upon the block, he desired the executioner to wait till he had removed his beard,...

...for myself." Observing the executioner pale and trembling, he said, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short, see, therefore, that thou do not mar thy credit by cutting awry !" The dying jokes of Vespasian, mentioned...

...got up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck up tby spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for tby credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his beard,...

...got up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for thy credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his beard,...

...up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck 'up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My .neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for thy credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his beard,...

...hath never committed treason"— adding, " 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 wrong for the saving of thine honesty.' The wit of these speeches scarcely seems bright enough to carry...

...myself." Observing the executioner pale and trembling, he said to him, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thy office : my neck is very short ; see, therefore, that thou do not mar thy credit by cutting awry." Having spent a short time in devotion,...

...got up again, and said to the executioner, 'pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for thy credit's sake.' In the same humour, he bid the executioaer stay till he had removed his beard,...