 | Library - 1827 - 712 pages
...shoulder, forgave him. Then 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, laying his head on the block, on a signal given him by Sir Walter, the executioner beheaded... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 710 pages
...shoulder, granted it ; and 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,... | |
 | Henry Clissold - Christian biography - 1829 - 716 pages
...and said, " he forgave him." 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 ; and reclining with his face towards the east, after a short pause, he gave the signal that he... | |
 | Southern States - 1829 - 552 pages
...is a sound cure for all diseases.' Upon being asked how he would lie on the block, he replied, ' if the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.' Having reclined his head, after a short pause, he raised his hand; at which signal, his head... | |
 | 1831 - 472 pages
...sure remedy, for all woes." 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 lies.'' Latimer, when he beheld a fagot ready kindled laid at Ridley's feet, ex.. claimed — " Be... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Biography - 1834 - 312 pages
...forgave the executioner, and 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." At two strokes his head was taken off, without the least shrink or motion of his body. Dr. Tonson,... | |
 | John Jay Smith - Criminal law - 1836 - 612 pages
...the scaffold, on every side, he prayed the company to pray to God to assist him and strengthen him. Being asked which way he would lay himself, on which...his body never shrinking nor moving. His head was showed on each side of the scaffold, and then put into a red leather bag, and his wrought velvet gown... | |
 | United States - 1847 - 608 pages
...remedy for all evils ! Being asked which way he chose to place himself on the block, he replied, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies," and giving the signal, he received the stroke with the most perfect composure. Such was the... | |
 | 1839 - 694 pages
...his shoulder, granted it ; and 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 cast,... | |
 | John Hampson (schoolmaster.) - 1841 - 224 pages
...domestic studies. School improves the head ; home, the heart : and a great man once said, that " if the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies." But in both these respects, I shall ever be at your service, especially next Wednesday, •when... | |
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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. 
