 | James Plumptre - 1812 - 480 strani
...bringing her within sight of the block, she said, " I pray dispatch me quickly." Then kneeling down, she asked him, " Will you take it off before I lay me " down?" To which the executioner replied, " No, Madam." She then tied her handkerchief about her eyes, and... | |
 | Kālīkṛṣṇa (Deva raja.) - 1841 - 500 strani
...herself before the block, she said to the executioner, " I pray you, despatch me quickly ;" adding, " Will you take it off before I lay me down ?" " No,...she groped about for the block, and not finding it became a little agitated, and said, " What shall I do ? Where is it? where is it?" Her head was then... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 strani
...the straw, which she did, saying, " I pray you despatch me quickly." As she knelt, she inquired, " Will you take it off before I lay me down ?** "No, madam," was the answer. " Then-," says Holinshed, in describing one of the most affecting scenes ever witnessed,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 238 strani
...the straw, which she did, saying, " I pray you dispatch me quickly.1" As she knelt, she inquired, " Will you take it off before I lay me down ?" " No, madam," was the reply. Then she tied the handkerchief about her eyes, and feeling for the block, said, "Where... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 strani
...the straw, which she did, saying, " I pray you despatch me quickly." As she knelt, she inquired, " Will you take it off before I lay me down ?" " No, madam," was the answer. " Then," says Holinshed, in describing one of the most affecting scenes ever witnessed,... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 strani
...on the straw, which she did, saying, "J., pray you dispatch me quickly." As she knelt she inquired, "Will you take it off before I lay me down ?" " No, madam," was the reply. Then she tied the handkerchief about her eyes, and feeling for the block, she said,... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - 1854 - 426 strani
...beautiful throat. As they did so, she said — " I pray you dispatch me quickly ;" and, kneeling, inquired, "Will you take it off before I lay me down?" "No, madam," was the answer. Then tying the handkerchief over her eyes, and feeling for the block, she said, "Where... | |
 | 1867 - 974 strani
...straw, which she did, saying : — " I pray you dispatch me quicklv." As she knelt, she enquired : — " Will you take it off before I lay me down ? " " No, madam, "wasthe answer. "Then," says Holingshead, in describing one of the most affecting scenes ever witnessed,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 314 strani
...her composure, and she simply entreated the executioner to despatch her quickly. Again kneeling, she asked him, 'Will you take it off before I lay me down?' 'No, madam,' he replied. She bound the handkerchief round her eyes, and feeling for the block, exclaimed, 'What... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 334 strani
...her composure, and she simply entreated the executioner to despatch her quickly. Again kneeling, she asked him, ' Will you take it off before I lay me down 1 ' ' No, madam,' he replied. She bound the handkerchief round her eyes, and feeling for the block,... | |
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No, madam,' he said, Gasping ; and when her innocent eyes were bound, She, with her poor blind hands feeling — 
