 | Peter Cunningham - 1856 - 382 oldal
...scaffold, which was so weak that it was ready to fall, he said hurriedly to the Lieutenant, ' I pray yon, Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself.' " — Roper's Life. Cromwell, Earl of Essex, 1540. — Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury, mother of... | |
 | 1856 - 598 oldal
...Death ? " (Cardinal Beaufort) "I have loved God, my father, and liberty." (De Stael.) " I pray you, see me safe up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." (Sir Thomas More.) "Don't let that awkward squad fire over my grave." (Burns.) " A dying man can do... | |
 | Evening recreations, John Hampden Gurney - 1856 - 318 oldal
...and he had some difficulty in mounting it. Whereupon he said merrily, " Master Lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." Having knelt, and pronounced the " Miserere" with great devotion, he addressed the executioner, to... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 oldal
...was weak ; and some fears were expressed lest it might break down. " Mr. Lieutenant/' said More, " see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself ''... The executioner as usual asked forgiveness. "Friend," said More, "thou wilt render me to-day... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 550 oldal
...As he climbed the crazy timbers where he was to die, he said gaily to the lieutenant, " I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift for myself." His head was fixed on the spikes of London Bridge ; but his brave daughter Margaret caused it to be... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 oldal
...was so weak that it was ready to fall ; on which he said, merrily, " Master Lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." When he laid his head on the block, he desired the executioner to wait till he had re. moved his beard,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 oldal
...As he climbed the crazy timbers where he was to die, he said gaily to the lieutenant, " I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift for myself." His head was fixed on the spikes of London Bridge ; but his brave daughter Margaret caused it to be... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1864 - 482 oldal
...sayings. When he mounted the crazy ladder of the scaffold he said, " Master Lieutenant, I pray you see me safe up ; and for my coming down let me shift for myself." And he desired the executioner to give him time to put his beard out of the way of the stroke, " since... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 oldal
...expressed a fear lest it should break down, for it appeared weak. " Mr. Lieutenant," said More, smiling, "see me safe up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself." The executioner then approached, and asked his forgiveness. More embraced him, and said, " Friend,... | |
 | 1865 - 708 oldal
...weak, and some fears were expressed lest the scaffold might break down. " Mr. Lieutenant," said More, " see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself." The executioner, as usual, asked forgiveness. " Friend," said More, " thou wilt render me to-day the... | |
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I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safe up, and for my coming down let me shift for myself. 
