 So it being given unto him, he poised it in his hand, and felt along upon the edge of it with his thumb, to see if it was keen ; and smiling, spake unto Mr. Sheriff, saying, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases.  Footsteps to Fame: A Book to Open Other Books - Page 91by James Hain Friswell - 1874 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 534 pages
...the edge of it with his thumb, to see if it was keen ; and smiling, spake unto Mr Sheriff, saying, ' This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases.' And then he kneeled down to prayer, and entreated the people to pray for him. After that, he called for... | |
 | T P Grinsted - Great Britain - 1859 - 342 pages
...October 29th, 1618, in Old Palace Yard, Westminster. Feeling carefully the edge of the axe, he, smiling, said, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." Raleigh went to his rest in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and St. Margaret's received his body.... | |
 | Science - 1860 - 384 pages
...recantation. "This hand," said he, "hath ofiended, this unworthy right hand." When Ealeigh died, he apoke as nobly as he had lived. Running his finger along...the scenes of his life, mutters as his last words, " ïôte d'armée."* Wolaey, whose tortuous church policy had raised him to be the chief man, under... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...the axe ar.d ran his fingers along its keen edge, show with what feelings he fronted death. Smiling, he said, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." Two blows severed the neck of the old man, who had seen so many phases of human life, and had played... | |
 | Jane Budge - Great Britain - 1866 - 296 pages
...clasped his hands and said—" Now I am going to God." He felt the edge of the axe and smiled, saying—" This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." And so died the gifted, wonderful Raleigh. 11. In the latter part of James's reign, his great favourite... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1869 - 572 pages
...the axe and ran his fingers along its keen edge, show with what feelings he fronted death. Smiling, he said, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." Two blows severed the neck of the old man, who had seen so many phases of human life, and had played... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1874 - 446 pages
...brought to the block, taking the axe in his hand, he ran his fingers over its keen edge, smiling as he said, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." It is to be regretted that he did not use his ever-present wit, his poetic talent and his ready pen,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - American literature - 1878 - 444 pages
...brought to the block, taking the axe in his hand, he ran his fingers over its keen edge, smiling as he said, " This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." It is to be regretted that he did not use his ever-present wit, his poetic talent and his ready pen,... | |
 | Isa Craig- Knox - 1884 - 170 pages
..."Now I am going to God." He prayed his last prayer, and forgave his bitterest enemies. Then feeling the edge of the axe, he said, "This is a sharp medicine, but it will cure all diseases." Thus died one of the most remarkable men of his time — a poet, an historian, a traveller, soldier,... | |
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