 | People - 1845 - 346 pages
...from the king, he started, seemed surprised, and exclaimed in the words of the scripture — " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation." He, however, soon recalled his courage, and prepared for death. In passing from his apartments to Tower-hill,... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...Strafford, laying his hand on his heart, and raising his eyes to heaven, uttered the memorable words, " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation." Charles's conduct was indeed incredibly monstrous. Three days more of existence were granted to Strafford,... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1846 - 996 pages
...least drop of my blood should rise up in judgment against any of you ; but I fear you are • " Pat not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation." — Whitelocke, 46. t Parl. Hist., ii., 760. in a wrong way." He knelt down again, and prayed for a... | |
 | John Lingard - 1847 - 450 pages
...that the king had complied, he is said to have started with surprise from his chair, exclaiming, " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, " for in them there is no salvation *." The king passed the Sunday in a state of the most poignant distress. Which was he to do, to hreak... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Great Britain - 1847 - 396 pages
...death-warrant of his former minister, Strafford, who was beheaded on the Wednesday following. " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the " sons of men, for in them there is no salvation," exclaimed the earl, raising his hands to heaven, when he was told that the king had given his assent... | |
 | Edmund Clarke - 1847 - 242 pages
...of this was communicated to the earl, he started up, and in the anguish of his soul exclaimed, " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation." He was executed May 12th, 1641, in the 49th year of his age, a memorable example of great crimes and... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - Great Britain - 1847 - 996 pages
...at his word, that his deathwarrant was already signed, he started from his chair exclaiming, " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men ; for in them there is no salvation." In the sight of one hundred thousand people, his head was severed at a single stroke. He deserved punishment,... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1847 - 298 pages
...death-warrant of his former minister, Strafford, who was beheaded on the Wednesday following. " Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation," exclaimed the earl, raising his hands to heaven, when he was told that the king had given his assent... | |
 | James Ussher, Charles Richard Elrington - 1847 - 528 pages
...expressed the greatest surprise at learning his fate, and, starting from his chair, exclaimed, " Put not your trust in princes nor in the sons of men, for in them is no salvation." To account for this strong emotion, we must either believe the letter to be a forgery,... | |
 | James Ussher - Theology - 1847 - 530 pages
...expressed the greatest surprise at learning his fate, and, starting from his chair, exclaimed, " Put not your trust in princes nor in the sons of men, for in them is no salvation." To account for this strong emotion, we must either believe the letter to be a forgery,... | |
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Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence. 
