 | Crime - 1720 - 532 pages
...with much Devotion ; 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... | |
 | Saint Thomas More - Utopias - 1808 - 334 pages
...vivacity and chearfulness in his countenance as he had ever shewn in his happiest hours ; saying, ' pluck up thy spirits man, and be not afraid to do thine office : my necfc b very short ; take heed therefore ihou strike not awry for saving thine honesty.' Whea the executioner... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - Christian martyrs - 1758 - 426 pages
...much Vivacity and Chearfulnefs 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... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - Christian martyrs - 1758 - 418 pages
...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... | |
 | Biography - 1762 - 668 pages
...ended, he turned to the executioner, and faid with a chearful countenance, " Pluck " up thy fpirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. " My neck is very fhort; take heed, therefore, thou ftriks " not awry for thine own credit's fake." Then laying his head... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...After his prayers were ended, he turned to the executioner, and said with a cheerful countenance, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do...my neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, thou strikest not awry, for thine own credit's sake." Then, laying his head upon the block, he bid the executioner... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...after a short 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, he bid the executioner stay... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...down, and after a short 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...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...down, and after a short 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...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... | |
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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 thine honesty. 
