 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...his shoulder, forgave him. Being asked, which way he would lay himself on the block, he replied, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth." After this, on a signal given by Sir Walter, the executioner beheaded him at two blows, his body never... | |
 | 1821 - 780 pages
...cure all diseases." Being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he replied, " So that the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth." And on the signal being given by himself, the executioner beheaded him in two blows, his body never shrinking... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...will care all diseases." Beiug asked what way he would lay himself on the block, he replied, •• So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth." And on a sign«! being given by himself, the executioner beheaded him ut two blow«, his body never ührinking... | |
 | 1822 - 962 pages
...medicine, but a cure for all diseases," and, when desired to turn his head towards the east, he replied, " so the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head is." — He desired to give the signal, and, after lying for a few minutes in silent prayer, he stretched... | |
 | Lives - 1823 - 222 pages
...sure one for all ills:" and when the executioner asked which way he would lay his head, he answered, " So the heart be right it is no matter which way the head lies;" and in an instant his head was separated from his body. He died at the age of sixty-six, and... | |
 | Biography - 1823 - 220 pages
...one for all ills :" and when the executioner asked which way he would lay his head, he answered, " So the heart be right it is no matter which way the head lies ;" and in an instant his head was separated from his body. He died at the age of sixty-six, and... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...and even cheerful. Being asked by the executioner which way he would lay his head, he answered : ' So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.' " During his imprisonment, he wrote the following affecting letter to his son; and, as it contains... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...his shoulder, granted. Then being asked, which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, ' So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.' As he stooped to lay himself along, and reclined his head, his face being towards the east,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...his shoulder, granted. Then being asked, which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, ' So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.' As he stooped to lay himself along, and reclined his head, his face being towards the east,... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 830 pages
...cheerful, and easy. Being asked by the executioner which way he would lay his head, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies." Thus fell the illustrious Sir Walter Raleigh in the sixtysixth year of his age, by a sentence... | |
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Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies. 
