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" Mark, child! what I say: They will cut off my head! and perhaps make thee a king: But mark what I say, thou must not be a king, as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them! And thy... "
The history of England ... to ... 1688 - Page 374
by David Hume - 1882
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume - Great Britain - 1775 - 442 pages
...mull not be a king, as long as thy brothers, " Charles and James, are alive. They will cut off thy " brothers' heads, when they can catch them ! And thy " head too they will cut off at laft ! And therefore/ " charge thee, do not be made a king by them !" The duke, ftghing, replied, "...
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The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest ..., Volume 40

World history - 1783 - 458 pages
...not be a king as long as thy brothers, Charles and James, are alive. They will cut off thy breathers heads, when they can catch them ; and thy head too they will cut off at laft. Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a king by them." The child, buriting into tears, replied,...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 10

David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 424 pages
...thy " brothers' heads, when they can catch them ! " And thy head too they will cut off at laft ! " Therefore I charge thee, do not be made a " king by them! " The duke, fighing, replied^ " 1 will be torn in pieces firft! " So determined an anfwer , from one of fuch tender...
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The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1789 - 344 pages
...cut off their heads when they " can take them, and thy head too they will cut «' oft at laft, and therefore I charge thee do not " be made a king by them." The child, burfting into tears, replied, " I will be torn in pieces " firft." Every night during the interval...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 560 pages
...duke, fighing, replied, " I will be torn in pieces firftl" So determined an anfwer, from one of fuch tender years, filled the king's eyes with tears of joy and admiration. * Buraet'» Hiftory of his own Times. EVERY EVERY night, during this interval, the king flept CHAP....
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An Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1797 - 414 pages
...will cut oft their heads when they can take them, ".and thy head too they will cut off. at laft; and " therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king " by them." The child, burfting into tears, replied, " I will be torn in pieces firft." Every night during the interval...
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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1797 - 478 pages
...cut <)ff their heads when they can take them, *' and thy head too they will cut off at laft, and " therefore I charge thee do not be made a king ' " by them." The child, burfting into tears, replied, " I will be torn in pieces firft." Every night during the interval...
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An abridgment of the history of England ... to the death of George the ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 396 pages
...will cut off their " heads when they can take them, and thy head too they " will cut off at lad ; and therefore I charge thee, do not " be made a king by them." The child, burfting into tears, replied, " I will be torn in pieces firft." The fatal morning being at...
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An Abridgement of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1806 - 346 pages
...cut off their " heads when they can take them, and thy head, too, they " will cut off at last : and therefore, I charge thee, do not be " made a king by them." The child bursting into tears, replied, " I will be torn in pieces first." Every night during the interval...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...be a king, as long as " thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They " will cut off thy brother's heads, when they can " catch them ! And thy head too...sighing, replied, " I will be torn in pieces first I" So determined an answer, from one of such tender years, filled the king's eyes with tears of joy...
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