| William Seward - 1799 - 376 páginas
...fear the people fhould rufh upon him and tear him to pieces. " No, no," faid he, " Mafter Lieutenant, I dare look death " in the face, and I hope the people too. " Have you a care that I do not efcape, and' f' I care not how I die, whether by the hand " of the executioner, or the folly and the... | |
| 1803 - 818 páginas
...fear the people «hould rush upon him and tear him to pieces. '' No, said he, master lieutenant, 1 dare look death in the face, and I hope the people too ; if that may give them better content, it is all "one to me.* Upon the scaffold, attended by the Archbishop... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 394 páginas
...care I do not escape ; "t is equal to me how I die, whether by the stroke of the executioner, or by the madness and fury of the people, if that may give them better content.' " t Rash. Trial of Straflbrd, 761. } Ibid. viji. 759. overflowed with the domestic... | |
| 1836 - 446 páginas
...care I do not escape ; 't is equal to me how I die, whether by the stroke of the executioner, or by the madness and fury of the people, if that may give them better content.'" Not less than 100,000 persons, who had crowded in from all parts, were visible on... | |
| 1840 - 480 páginas
...rush on him, and tear him to pieces. " No," said the Earl, " I dare look death in the face, and trust the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape, and I care not how 1 die, whether by the hand of the executioner or by the fury of the people." He is reported to have... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 382 páginas
...rush on him, and tear him to pieces. "No," said the earl, " 1 dare look death in the face, and trust the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape,...die, whether by the hand of the executioner, or the fury of the people."* He is reported to have composed a copy of verses the night previous to his execution,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 686 páginas
...paased a bill relieving Stratford's шив from all consequences of the attainder. tenant," said he, " ") dc J[ P CU C , MEa+` A &k5 v c L px > P better content, it is all one to me." He was attended upon the scaffold by Archbishop Usher, the Earl... | |
| 1841 - 500 páginas
...rush on him and tear him to pieces. "No," said ihe earl, " I dare look death in the face, and trust the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape,...die, whether by the hand of the executioner, or the fury of the people," He is reported to have composed a copy of verses the night previous to his execution,... | |
| 1841 - 366 páginas
...the enraged populace should rush upon him to tear him in pieces. " No," said he, " Mr. Lieutenant; I dare look death in the face, and, I hope, the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape. Tis all one how I die ; whether by the stroke of the executioner, or the madness and fury of the people,... | |
| 1842 - 360 páginas
...the people too. Have you a care that I do not escape. Tis all one how I die ; whether by the stroke of the executioner, or the madness and fury of the people, if that may content them." And, being freer than usual from bodily infirmities, he walked onward, going before... | |
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