 | 1867 - 880 pages
...me this day a greater benefit than 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 about to lay his head... | |
 | John Brookes (F.G.S.) - 1868 - 70 pages
...shift for myself." Having prayed to his Father, he addressed the executioner — "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." Sir Thomas More laid his... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1865 - 834 pages
...do me this day a greater benefit than ever 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." And, when the executioner... | |
 | Religion - 1892 - 550 pages
...his favourite prayer. The executioner as usual asked pardon, and he kissed him, saying cheerfully, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thy office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty " ' (p. 434). Then he blindfolded... | |
 | S. Hubert Burke - Great Britain - 1879 - 572 pages
...chief headsman in an air of pleasantry, handed him an angel in gold, and said, " 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 he had laid his head... | |
 | Thomas J. Livesey - 1881 - 248 pages
...me this day a greater benefit than 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 short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry." The executioner would have covered his eyes,... | |
 | Louise Creighton - Great Britain - 1883 - 382 pages
...me this day a greater benefit than 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." The executioner offered to... | |
 | Mary Wilson - 1884 - 228 pages
...devotion; then rising, he gave an angel of gold to the executioner, saying, " 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." The executioner then asked... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1891 - 1150 pages
...favourite prayer with him. When the executioner asked his pardon, he kissed him and said cheerfully : ' Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thy office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.' Then with a handkerchief... | |
 | Thomas Edward Bridgett - Christian saints - 1891 - 544 pages
...favourite prayer, t The executioner as usual asked pardon, and he kissed him, saying cheerfully : " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thy office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." J Ridebit in die noviisimo.... | |
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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. 
