 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1844 - 144 pages
...woorthie gentleman the executioner, with a cheerful countenance, and said unto him; 'Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office : my neck is very short, take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty.'" Roper's Life of More,... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...turned to the executioner with a cheerful countenance, and said unto him : " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office ; my neck is very short, take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." His head was fixed... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...ended, he turned to the executioner and said, with a cheerful countenance, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short, take heed, therefore, thou strike not awry for thine own credit's sake." Then, laying his head... | |
 | 1858 - 256 pages
...turned to the executioner and said, on observing him look sad and dejected, 'Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office; my neck is very short, therefore take care you do not strike awry, for your credit's sake.' Then laying his head upon... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...him ; " Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said ; "pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thon strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty." The executioner... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1860 - 606 pages
...let me put my beard aside, for that hath never committed treason " — adding: "Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office ; my neck is very ehort ; take heed therefore, that thou strike not wrong for the saving of thine honesty." The wit of... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...him ; " Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said ; " pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty." The executioner... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1863 - 564 pages
...More, kissing him, " thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive. Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." After laying... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1868 - 512 pages
...him. " Thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive," he said. " Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." The executioner... | |
 | Philip Smith - Great Britain - 1868 - 394 pages
...More, kissing him, " thou art to do me the greatest benefit that I can receive. Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry for saving of thine honesty." After laying his... | |
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Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty. 
