 | William Oldys - Great Britain - 1740 - 588 pages
...his Shoulder, granted. Then being afked, which way he would lay himfelf on. the Block, he anfwer'd, So the Heart be right, it is no Matter which way the Head lies. As he ftoop'd to lay himfelf along, and reclined his Head, his Face being towards the Eaft, the Headfman... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - British Guiana - 1751 - 422 pages
...his Shoulder granted it ; and being aflc'd, which Way he would lay himfelf on the Block, he anfwer'd, So the Heart be right, it is no Matter -which Way the Head lies. As he ftoop'd to lay himfelf along, and reclin'd his Head, his Face being towards the Eaft, the Executioner... | |
 | Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 366 pages
...and alking him forgivenefs, Sir Walter laying his hand upon his fhoulder granted it ; and being asked which way he would lay himfelf on the block, he anfwered,...be right, it is no matter which way the head lies." . His head was flruck off at two blows, his body never mrinking nor moving. His head was fhewn on each... | |
 | Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 384 pages
...fhoulder granted it ; and being aiked which way he would lay himfelf on the block, he anfvvered, .' So the heart " be right, it is no matter which way the head lies." His head wai ilruck oft at two blows, his body never fhrinking nor moving. His head was fhewn en each... | |
 | Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1800 - 440 pages
...kneeled down and aflced him forgivenefs, which Raleigh, laying his hand upon his Ihoulder, granted. Then being afked which way he would lay himfelf on the...right, it is no matter which way the head lies." As he (looped to lay himfelf along, and reclined his head, his face being towards the eaft, the headfman... | |
 | Arthur Cayley - 1806 - 482 pages
...shoulder, 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 toward the east, the executioner spread his own cloak under him. After... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 362 pages
...a sure remedy for all woes." Being a^ked 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." Pierre Du Terrail, Chevalier De Bayard, being mortally wounded in retreating from the Imperialists,... | |
 | Charles Buck - Children - 1808 - 374 pages
...a 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." Pierre Du Terrail, Chevalier De Bayard, being mortally wounded in retreating from the Imperialists,... | |
 | 1820 - 524 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. Tounson,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 540 pages
...his shoulder, granted. Then being asked, which way be 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, the executioner... | |
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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. 
