 | 1844 - 406 pages
...this reign, and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Penn, the Quaker, told me he saw her die. She laid the straw...manner, that all the spectators melted in tears."* Were they tears of sorrow or indignation ? Perhaps both. Hard must have been the heart that did not... | |
 | T. Timpson - 1847 - 714 pages
...this reign ; and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Penn the Quaker told me, he saw her die : she laid the straw about her for burning her speedily j and behaved herself in such a manner, that all the spectators melted in tears. " The other execution... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - 1849 - 682 pages
...this reign ; and that her suifering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Penn the Quaker told me, he saw her die : she laid the straw...was of a woman of greater quality : the lady Lisle. — She was a woman of great piety and charity. The night after the action, Hicks, a violent preacher... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - 996 pages
...this reign ; and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Penn, the quaker, told me he saw her die. She laid the straw about lier for burning her speedily, and behaved herself in such a manner that all the spectators melted... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love." Penn, the Quaker, told Burnet he saw her die : she laid the straw about her for...herself in such a manner that all the spectators melted into tears. A simple and pathetic inscription is placed on a tombstone at Pere La Chaise, where for... | |
 | John Newton Brown - 1854 - 332 pages
...her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Penn, the Quaker, told me that he saw her die. She laid the straw about her for burning...a manner that all the spectators melted in tears." She was executed, according to her sentence, at Tyburn, near London, October 23, 1685, and left a paper... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1856 - 406 pages
...Gaunt, who was burnt, October 23, 1685. She was a Baptist, and cruelly martyred. Penn, the Quaker, saw her die. " She laid the straw about her for burning...a manner that all the spectators melted in tears." For why ? The Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure. His truth at all times firmly stood,... | |
 | John Paget - 1858 - 168 pages
...in this reign, and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Pen the Quaker told me he saw her die. She laid the straw...a manner that all the spectators melted in tears." — BURNETT, Hi. 58. " There is daily inquisition for those engaged in the late plots, some die denying,... | |
 | John Paget - 1858 - 152 pages
...in this reign, and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that religion which was all love. Pen the Quaker told me he saw her die. She laid the straw...a manner that all the spectators melted in tears." — BURNETT, hi. 58. " There is daily inquisition for those engaged in the late plots, some die denying,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1859 - 976 pages
...Gaunt, who was burnt, October 23, 1 685. She was a Baptist, and cruelly martyred. Penn, the Quaker, saw her die. ' She laid the straw about her for burning her speedily, a;id behaved herself in sueU a manner that all the spectators melted iu tears.' — (Eo.) know not... | |
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... for whose sake she did this service, how unworthy soever the person was, that made so ill a return for it: she rejoiced, that God had honoured her to be the first that suffered by fire in this reign : and that her suffering was a martyrdom for that... 
