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" Then laying his head on the block, he bade the executioner stay till he put aside his beard : " For," said he,  "
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Revolution ... - Pàgina 286
per David Hume - 1819
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1808 - 572 pàgines
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to ...

William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 498 pàgines
...him forgiveness he granted the request, but told him, " you will never get credit by beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block,...Nothing was wanting to the glory of this end, except a cause, more worthy of such a sacrifice More was beheaded in the fiftythird year of his age. When the...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern; from the Earliest Records ..., Volum 20

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 480 pàgines
...credit by beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block, he bade the executionur stay till he put aside his beard; "for," said he,...treason." Nothing was wanting to the glory of this enJ, except a cause more worthy of such a sacrifice. More was beheaded in the fifty-third year of his...
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Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records ..., Volum 20

William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 486 pàgines
...forgiveness, he granted the request, but told hhn, " you will never get credit by beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block, he bade the execmionur stay till he put aside his beard ; " for," said he, " it never committed treason." Nothing...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volum 4

David Hume - 1807 - 480 pàgines
...forgiveness, he granted the request, but told him, " You will never " get credit by beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block,...however misguided, his constancy and integrity are not the less objects of our admiration. He was beheaded in the fifty-third year of his age. WHEN the execution...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volum 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 944 pàgines
...would have shewn in an ordinary affair. " Nothing is wanting (says Hume) to the glory of this end, but a better cause, more free from weakness and superstition....however misguided, his constancy and integrity are not the less objects of our admiration."—The following couplet, which is attributed to him, will serve...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pàgines
...would have shewn in an ordinary affair. " Nothing is wanting (says Hume) to the glory of this end, but a better cause, more free from weakness and superstition....principles and sense of duty, however misguided, his con*/ stancy and integrity are not the less objects of ouradmiration." — The following couplet, which...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volum 1

George Burnett - 1807 - 508 pàgines
...Hume) to the glory of this end, but a better cause, more free from weakness and supersti-r tiori.- But as the man followed his principles and sense of...however misguided, his constancy and integrity are not the less objects of our admiration." — The following couplet, which is attributed to him, will serve...
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The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of ..., Volum 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 332 pàgines
...forgiveness, he granted the request, but told him, " You will never get " credit for beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block, he bid the executioner stay till he had put aside his beard, for, said he, that hat never coimr.ittcd...
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The Practical Expositor: Or, Scripture Illustrated by Facts, and Arranged ...

Charles Buck - 1815 - 430 pàgines
...forgiveness, he granted the request, but told him, " You will never get credit by beheading me, my neck is so short." Then laying his head on the block, he bid the executioner stay till he had put aside his beard, for, said he, that has never committed treason....
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