| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 282 Seiten
...know how to look death in the face, and the people too. I thank God I am no more afraid of death, but as cheerfully put off my doublet ' at this time as ever I did when I went to bed.' The axe fell, and the spectators lifted up a shout of joy. Bonfires and bell-ringing followed. ' Many... | |
| 1885 - 580 Seiten
...nor daunted with any discouragement arising from any fears, but do as cheerfully put off my doubtlet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed. JAMES STUART, the California thief — I die reconciled ; my sentence is just. SWEDENBORG — What... | |
| 1889 - 654 Seiten
...the scaffold, when he removed his doublet, he remarked, " I thank God I am not afraid of death ; but as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed." The king dressed himself on the day of his execution with peculiar care, observing to Herbert, " This... | |
| Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1891 - 540 Seiten
...gave way at last, and Strafford was executed. ' I thank God,' he said, as he stood on the scaffold, ' I am not afraid of death, but do as cheerfully put...doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed.' 2. Changes in the Law.— All this while, and for some weeks afterwards, Parliament was busy making... | |
| 1892 - 454 Seiten
...people too,' he answered proudly, when told of the jubilant crowds who would collect to see him die. ' I thank God I am not afraid of death, but do as cheerfully...put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when 1 went to bed.' The feeling against him in the country was tremendous. ' I am glad justice is excicuted... | |
| Robert Browning - 1892 - 406 Seiten
...! " While undressing himself, and winding his hair under a cap, he said, looking on the block—" I do as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed." " Then," proceeds Rushworth, closing this memorable scene, " then he called, ' Where is the man that... | |
| Robert Browning, John Forster - 1892 - 410 Seiten
...! " While undressing himself, and winding his hair under a cap, he said, looking on the block—" I do as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed." " Then," proceeds Rushworth, closing this memorable scene, " then he called, ' Where is the man that... | |
| John Reynolds Francis - 1894 - 412 Seiten
...God I am no more afraid of death, nor daunted with any discouragement arising from any fears, - -=. but do as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed. JAMES STUART, the California thief — I die reconciled; my sentence is just. SWEDENBORG — What o'clock... | |
| John Richard Green, Julian Hawthorne - 1898 - 472 Seiten
...the face, and the people too," he answered proudly. " I thank God I am no more afraid of death, but as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed." As the axe fell, the silence of the great multitude was broken by a universal shout of joy. The streets... | |
| Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1899 - 440 Seiten
...upper garment, " I am not afraid of death, nor daunted with any discouragement rising from my fears, but do as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed." The executioner then drew out a handkerchief to cover his eyes. "Thou shalt not bind my eyes," said... | |
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