 The tranquil grandeur which cast a new majesty over Charles the First on the scaffold, appeared when he declared, " I fear not death ! Death is not terrible to me !" And the characteristic pleasantry of Sir Thomas More exhilarated his last moments, when,...  Curiosities of Literature - Sayfa 89Isaac Disraeli tarafından - 1864Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1808 - 602 sayfa
...found it so weak that it was ready to fall ; upon which he said to the lieutenant, " I pray see ms up safe, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." As Henry had so prudently imposed silence on him at this time, More only desired of his spectators... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 468 sayfa
...First on the scaffold, appeared when he declared,—" I fear not death! Death is not terrible lo me!" And the characteristic pleasantry of Sir Thomas More...furnished me with the following anecdotes of death. la one of the bloody battles fought by the Duke of Enghien, tyvo French noblemen were left wounded... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 454 sayfa
...on the scaffold, appeared when he declared, — ' I fear not death ! Death is not terrible to me !' And the characteristic pleasantry of Sir Thomas More...Walter Rawleigh passed a similar jest when going to tbe scaffold. My ingenious friend Dr Sherwen has furnished me with the following anecdotes of death.... | |
 | 1847 - 608 sayfa
...death ! death is not terrible to me." Sir Thomas More pleasantly said, when mounting the scaffold, " I pray you see me up safe ; and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." .Rousseau called his wife to the bedside, and told her to throw up the window, " that he might see... | |
 | 1841 - 986 sayfa
...on observing the weakness of the scaffold on which he was about to die, said to the executioner, " I pray you see me up safe, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." — Polytechnic Journal. AGAINST WOBLnLV ANXIETY. Enjoy the blessings of this day, says Jeremy Taylor,... | |
 | 1847 - 606 sayfa
...death ! death is not terrible to me." Sir Thomas More pleasantly said, when mounting the scaffold, " I pray you see me up safe ; and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Rousseau called his wife to the bedside, and told her to throw up the window, " that he might see once... | |
 | 1849 - 206 sayfa
...First, and when he ascended the scaffold on which he was abi/nl to die, said lo the executioner, ' I pray you see me up safe, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.'— [S. Kite. The Centenary of the Dirtlt of Goethe was lately celebrated at Berlin by a festival of three... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - 1851 - 244 sayfa
...More, observing the weakness of the scaffold on which he was about to die, said to the executioner, " I pray you see me up safe, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." When he had laid his head upon the block, and saw the man ready with his weapon, " Stay friend," said... | |
 | 1852 - 302 sayfa
...Ms guards. On ascending the scaffold he found it ricketty and begged assistance, saying, " I pray, see me up safe, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." All he said to the spectators was, that they should prny for hiin, and remember that he died for the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 sayfa
...death ! death is not terrible to me." Sir Thomas More pleasantly said, when mounting the scaffold, " I pray you see me up safe ; and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." Rousseau called his wife to the bedside, and told her to throw up the window, " that he might see once... | |
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