 | James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes and said, " I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it ; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said, " I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my... | |
 | Auguste Levasseur - United States - 1829 - 236 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes and said, " I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate... | |
 | H. L. Barnum - United States - 1829 - 502 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scaramel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said—' I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my... | |
 | H. L. Barnum - United States - 1831 - 232 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said — 'I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Biography & Autobiography - 1835 - 386 pages
...and adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the executioner. Colonel Scammell now informed him, that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said, ' I pray you to bear me witness, that I meet my... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 566 pages
...noose over his head, and adjusted it to his neck, without any assistance. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the bandage from his eyes, and said : ' I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate... | |
 | American periodicals - 1840 - 560 pages
...noose over his head, and adjusted it to his neck, without any assistance. Colonel Scamrael now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the bandage from his eyes, and said : ' I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Latter Day Saint churches - 1841 - 590 pages
...adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the awkward executioner. Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes and said, ' I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1835 - 372 pages
...and adjusted it to his neck, without the assistance of the executioner. Colonel Scammell now informed him, that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it. He raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said, ' I pray you to bear me witness, that I meet rny... | |
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I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man. 
