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" 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. "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 352
1860
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The Dying Speeches and Behaviour of the Several State Prisoners that Have ...

Crime - 1720 - 532 pages
...and rifing up, the Executioner ask'd him Forgivenefs. He kifs'd him. and faid, Pluck up thy Spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thine Office $ my Neck is very Jhort, take heed therefore thou flrike not awry for faving thine Honefly. Laying his Head upon the...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Thomas More: Lord High Chancellor of England, in ...

Ferdinando Warner - Christian martyrs - 1758 - 418 pages
...Chearfulnefs in his Countenance as he had ever Ihewn in his happieft Hours ; faying, " Pluck up thy f' Spirits Man, and be not afraid to do thine " Office : My Neck is very fhort; take heed " therefore thou ftrike not awry for faving " thine Honefty." When the Executioner...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 8

Biography - 1762 - 668 pages
...ended, he turned to the executioner, and faid with a chearful countenance, " Pluck " up thy fpirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. " My neck is very fhort; take heed, therefore, thou ftriks " not awry for thine own credit's fake." Then laying his head...
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Anecdotes of Some Distingushed Persons: Chiefly of the Present and ..., Volume 4

William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...turned to the executioner and faid, on obferving him look fad and dt-jccted, " Pluck up " thy fpirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thine " office; my neck is very fhort, therefore take " care you do not ftrike awry, for your credit's " fake." Then laying his head...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 4, Part 2

1808 - 602 pages
...than ever any mortal man can be able to give me. Pluck up thy spirit, man, and be not afiaidto do thy office. My neck is very short ; take heed therefore that thou strike not awry for saving thy honesty." When he laid his head on the block, he desired the executioner to wait...
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An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and Its Environs ...

Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 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 strikest not awry, for thine own credit's sake." Then, laying his head upon the block, he bid...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 570 pages
...time spent in his devotions, he got up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck up tby spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck...short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for tby credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...time spent in his devotions, he got up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck...short; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for thy credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 22

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 572 pages
...time spent in his devotions, he got up again, and said to the executioner, " Pluck 'up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My .neck...short ; take heed, therefore, that thou strike not awry, for thy credit's sake." In the same humour, he bid the executioner stay till he had removed his...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 1

Trials - 1816 - 790 pages
...rising up, the Executioner asked him forgiveness. He kissed him, and said, ' 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 thine honesty.' Laying his head upon the block, he bid the executioner...
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