 I wondered at him; and when I told him that the dear servants of God, in better causes than his, had shrunk back and trembled a little, he denied not, but yet gave God thanks he never feared death, and much less then, for it was but an opinion and imagination....  Sir John Eliot: A Biography, 1592-1632 - Page 20by John Forster - 1872 - 930 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1872 - 524 lehte
...easiest. The fear of it, he said, " was but an opinion and imagination," and for the manner, " though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever." He had no troubles of conscience ; for he had done his best to do the King a piece of good service against... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1872 - 550 lehte
...easiest. The fcnr of it, he said, " was but an opinion and imagination," and for the manner, " though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever." lie had no troubles of conscience ; for he had done his best to do the King a piece of good service... | |
 | Louise Creighton - 1877 - 304 lehte
...death ; and much less then, for it was but an opinion and imagination ; and the manner of death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever, with much more to that purpose, with such confidence and cheerfulness, that I was fain to divert my... | |
 | James Spedding - 1878 - 736 lehte
...easiest. The fear of it, he said, " was but an opinion and imagination," and for the manner, "though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever." He had no troubles of conscience ; for he had done his best to do the King a piece of good service against... | |
 | 1879 - 924 lehte
...denied not, but yet gave God thanks that he never feared death ; and as to the manner of death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever; and much more, with such confidence and cheerfulness that I was fain to divert my speech another way,... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1891 - 462 lehte
...that I wondered at him. He gave God thanks, he never feared death ; and the manner of death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever. I wished him not to flatter himself, for this extraordinary boldness, I was afraid, came from some... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1891 - 446 lehte
...that I wondered at him. He gave God thanks, he never feared death ; and the manner of death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever, I wished him not to natter himself, for this extraordinary boldness, I was afraid, came from some false... | |
 | John Lingard - 1902 - 584 lehte
...and much less then ; for it was but an " opinion and imagination : and the manner of death, " though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had " rather die so than of a burning fever."1 His cheerfulness on the scaffold proved that these Oct. 29. were not idle vaunts. Holding... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1909 - 346 lehte
...remarking that he had no fear of death, for it was but an imagination, and the manner of his death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever. He then breakfasted and smoked a pipe of tobacco, after which a cup of sack was brought him. This he drank... | |
 | Frederick Albion Ober - 1909 - 346 lehte
...remarking that he had no fear of death, for it was but an imagination, and the manner of his death, though to others it might seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a burning fever. He then breakfasted and smoked a pipe of tobacco, after which a cup of sack was brought him. This he drank... | |
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