...town, he said it stood upon the king's own ground, and, therefore, he did no wrong in that. ' He was the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience. When I began to encourage him against the...

...execution, in a letter to Sir John Isham of Lamport, in Northamptonshire. " ' He was,' says the Dean, ' the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience. When I began to encourage him against, the...

...Cayley. •j- Dr. Townson's testimony agrees with this account, for he states that " Sir Walter was the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute. and confident, yet with reverence and conscience." " Sir Walter was quite cheerful," says...

...commanded by the Lords of the Council to be with him both in prison and at his death, says* " he was the most fearless of death that ever was known, and the most resolute and confident, — yet with reverence and conscience. When I began to encourage him against...

...Sir John Isham, of Lamport, in Northamptonshire, dated November 9, 1618. " He was," says the dean, " the most fearless of death that ever was known; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience. When I began to encourage him against the...

...commanded by the Lords of the Council to be with him both in prison and at his death, says * ' he was the most fearless of death that ever was known, and the most resolute and confident, — yet with reverence and conscience. When I began to encourage him against...

...powerful emotions — of pity, wonder, and admiration. His deportment throughout the prolonged scene evinced a degree of mental strength, self-possession,...fearless of death that ever was known, and the most resolute and confident, get with reverence and conscience." — Edinburgh Review. Laporte.—l appeared...

...powerful emotions — of pity, wonder, and admiration. His deportment throughout the prolonged scene, evinced a degree of mental strength, self-possession,...calmness, and superiority to the fear of death, that might he described as godlike. His devotion appeared sincere and elevated, and tempered a courage which nothing...

...Raleigh," — says Dr. Townson, Dean of Westminster, who attended him in his last moments, — " was the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience. After he had received the communion in the...

...told by Dr. Tounson, Dean of Westminster, who attended Sir Walter in his last hours, that " he was the most fearless of death that ever was known ; and the most resolute and confident, yet with reverence and conscience." " The world," Ralegh calmly observed, "...