 | 1720 - 532 pagina’s
...and rifing up, the Executioner ask'd him Forgivenefs. He kifs'd him. and faid, Pluck up thy Spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thine Office $ my Neck is very Jhort, take heed therefore thou flrike not awry for faving thine Honefly. Laying his Head upon the... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - 1758 - 418 pagina’s
...Chearfulnefs in his Countenance as he had ever Ihewn in his happieft Hours ; faying, " Pluck up thy f' Spirits Man, and be not afraid to do thine " Office : My Neck is very fhort; take heed " therefore thou ftrike not awry for faving " thine Honefty." When the Executioner would have covered his eyes, he told... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - 1758 - 426 pagina’s
...in Jiis Countenance as he had ever fhewn in his happieft Hours; faying, "Pluck up thy •** Spirits Man, and be not afraid to do thine ." Office : My Neck is very ihort; take heed " therefore thou ftrike not awry for faving « thine Honefty." When the Executioner... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 560 pagina’s
...ftniQted his prayers, he turned to the executioner and faid, on obferving him look fad and dt-jccted, " Pluck up " thy fpirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thine " office; my neck is very fhort, therefore take " care you do not ftrike awry, for your credit's " fake." Then laying his head upon... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 830 pagina’s
...finifkd his prayers, he turned to the executioner and faid, on obferving him look fad and dejected, " Pluck up " thy fpirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thine *' office i my neck is very fhort, therefore take " care you do not ftrike awry, for your credit's " fake." Then... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 516 pagina’s
...Jiniflied his prayers, he turned to the executioner and faid, on obferving him look fad and dejefted, " Pluck up thy fpirits, Man, and be not *' afraid to do thine office; my neck is very " ihort, therefore take care you do not ftrike (f awry, for your credit's fake." Then laying his head... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 pagina’s
...ended, he turned to the executioner, and said with a cheerful countenance, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office ; my neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, thou strikest not awry, for thine own credit's sake." Then, laying his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 570 pagina’s
...time spent in his devotions, he 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 564 pagina’s
...time spent in his devotions, he 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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 572 pagina’s
...time spent in his devotions, he 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,... | |
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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. 
