The Last Words (real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women: Collected from Various SourcesC. A. Brewster, 1900 - 203 Seiten |
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... executioner by reading Ronsard's hymn on death . CHAUCER ( Geoffrey , " Father of English Poetry " ) , 1328-1400 . Chaucer died repeating the " Balade made by Geoffrey Chaucyer , when upon his dethe - bedde , lying in his grete anguysse ...
... executioner by reading Ronsard's hymn on death . CHAUCER ( Geoffrey , " Father of English Poetry " ) , 1328-1400 . Chaucer died repeating the " Balade made by Geoffrey Chaucyer , when upon his dethe - bedde , lying in his grete anguysse ...
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... executioner . . . struck the bleeding head , when he showed it , according to cus- tom , to those present ; the cheeks were still crimson , and it was said that they were so in consequence of the in- sult thus offered to them.- La ...
... executioner . . . struck the bleeding head , when he showed it , according to cus- tom , to those present ; the cheeks were still crimson , and it was said that they were so in consequence of the in- sult thus offered to them.- La ...
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... executioner . When the judges asked him his name , residence , etc. , he answered , " My name is Danton ; my dwelling will soon be in annihilation ; but my name will live in the Pantheon of history ! " - Lamartine . DARWIN , Charles ...
... executioner . When the judges asked him his name , residence , etc. , he answered , " My name is Danton ; my dwelling will soon be in annihilation ; but my name will live in the Pantheon of history ! " - Lamartine . DARWIN , Charles ...
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... executioner , and torn in pieces by the most inhuman torments . Amidst the severe agonies which he endured , he still made protesta- tions of his innocence , and frequently repeated an ode of Horace , which contained sentiments suited ...
... executioner , and torn in pieces by the most inhuman torments . Amidst the severe agonies which he endured , he still made protesta- tions of his innocence , and frequently repeated an ode of Horace , which contained sentiments suited ...
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... executioner , " Come to me , " and when the executioner obeyed , the doctor whis- pered to him . What he said is not known , but it was ob- served that the man had no sooner driven away than he took the place where the cart had been ...
... executioner , " Come to me , " and when the executioner obeyed , the doctor whis- pered to him . What he said is not known , but it was ob- served that the man had no sooner driven away than he took the place where the cart had been ...
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Seite 123 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Seite 97 - REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.
Seite 68 - Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a pharisee and the other a publican ; the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican ; I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Seite 4 - Let them and me rest in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, and my memory in oblivion, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done.
Seite 55 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 10 - He said he was going to that country he had all his ' life wished to see, and expressed himself happy, hoping for salvation ' through Jesus Christ. Just before he died his countenance became fair, ' his eyes brightened, and he burst out into singing of the things he saw in
Seite 6 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Seite 91 - ... directions, and the man who gave him the poison now and then looked at his feet and legs; and after a while he pressed his foot hard, and asked him if he could feel; and he said, No; and then his leg, and so upwards and upwards, and showed us that he was cold and stiff. And he felt them himself, and said: When the poison reaches the heart, that will be the end.
Seite 33 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
Seite 56 - For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?