| Sir John Sinclair - Scotland - 1793 - 660 pages
...30,000 1. by betraying his gueft. This poor man was afterwards executed at Invernefa for dealing a cow. A little before his execution, he took off his bonnet, and thanked God, " that he had never betrayed truft, never injured the poor, K and never refufeJ a ihaic o,f what he had to the ftrangcr and needy."... | |
| Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - Social Science - 1805 - 318 pages
...by betraying his guest. This poor ' man was afterwards executed at Inverness for stealing ' a cow. A little before his execution, he took off his ' bonnet, and thanked God that he had never betrayed ' his trust, never injured the poor, and never refused a ' share of what he had to the stranger and... | |
| Robert Forsyth - Scotland - 1808 - 594 pages
...at the very time that he and his family were in a state of starvation, and when he knew he could get an immense sum by betraying his guest. This poor man...family from starving. A little before his execution, he look off his bonnet, and thanked God, that he had never betrayed a trust, never injured the poor, and... | |
| Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...stole a cow, to save his family from dying of hunger, for which he was tried, convicted, and executed. A little before his execution he took off his bonnet, and thanked God he had never betrayed a trust, never injured the poor, and never refused a share of what he had to... | |
| Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...stole a cow, to save his family from dying of hunger, for which he was tried, convictedj and executed. A little before his execution he took off his bonnet, and thanked God he had never betrayed a trust, never injured the poor, and never refused a share of what he. had to... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...whom was afterwards hanged for stealing a cow of the value of 30 shillings. Before he was executed, he took off his bonnet, and thanked God that he had never betrayed confidence, never plundered the poor, and never refused to share his bread with the needy and the stranger.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1840 - 536 pages
...whom was afterwards hanged for stealing a cow of the value of 30 shillings. Before lie was executed, he took off his bonnet, and thanked God, that he had never betrayed confidence, never plundered the poor, and never refused to share his bread with the needy and the stranger.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 828 pages
...of fidelity ; and a Highlander, like an Arab, knows not how to betray. 140 Before he was executed, he took off his bonnet, and thanked God, that he had never betrayed confidence, never plundered the poor, and never refused to share his bread with the needy and the stranger.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 1016 pages
...whom was afterwards hanged for stealing a cow of the value of 30 shillings 140 Before he was executed, he took off his bonnet, and thanked God, that he had never trayed confidence, never plundered the poor, and never refused to share his bread with needy and the... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1818 - 612 pages
...when he could gain 30.000L by betraying his guest. This poor man was afterwards executed at Inverness, for stealing a cow, in a very severe season, to keep...trust, never injured the poor, and never refused a shore of what he had to the stranger ami needy !" It is said that George thn First was much affected... | |
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