 | Pirates - 1836 - 356 pages
...that he had been sworn against by perjured and wicked people. And when sentence was pronounced, he said, my Lord, it is a very hard sentence, For my part, I am the most innocent person of them all, only I have been sworn against by perjured persons. Wherefore about... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - Legends - 1871 - 58 pages
...final word of the Judge has been uttered, that he shall be taken thence to his execution, he says, " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part,...only I have been sworn against by perjured persons," The feeling against Kidd. though, was hardly satisfied even by his death; and fearful lest they had... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - American literature - 1871 - 60 pages
...final word of the Judge has been uttered, that he shall be taken thence to his execution, he says, " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentes! person of them all, only I have been sworn against by perjured persons." The feeling against... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 364 pages
...doubtful or false that he was found guilty. When the judge put on the black cap, Kidd stood up and said : " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part I am the most innocent person of them all, and have been sworn against by perjured persons." A week after the... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Buccaneers - 1880 - 410 pages
...until you are dead. And may the God of infinite mercy be merciful to your soul." ' Kidd replied, " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the most innocent person of them all. I have been sworn against by perjured persons." CHAPTER V. Kidd,... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - Buccaneers - 1891 - 454 pages
...but that he had been sworn against by perjured, wicked people." And when sentence was pronounced, he said, " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my...only I have been sworn against by perjured persons." Wherefore, about a week after, Captain Kid, Nicholas Churchill, James How, Gabriel Loff, Hugh Parrot,... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - Buccaneers - 1891 - 428 pages
...but that he had been sworn against by perjured, wicked people." And when sentence was pronounced, be said, " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my...part I am the innocentest person of them all, only I havo boon sworn against by perjured persons." Wherefore, about a week after, Captain Kid, Nicholas... | |
 | Rufus Rockwell Wilson - Long Island (N.Y.) - 1902 - 378 pages
...perjured and wicked people." After Dr. Oxendale, for the court, had pronounced his doom, he said again : "My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part,...only I have been sworn against by perjured persons." Sentence having been given, May 9, he was hanged in chains at Execution Dock, only three days afterward,... | |
 | Literature - 1903 - 820 pages
...under a French commission, which Bellamont then had. He could not condemn his prizes, because his erew mutinied. He denied that he gave any guns to Culliford,...Execution Dock, London, three days after sentence, May 12, '701. With them were executed Robert Hickman and John Eldridge, who were condemned also for piracy.... | |
 | Frederick Robertson Jones - Maryland - 1904 - 618 pages
...say, but that he had been sworn against by perjured, wicked people." When sentence was pronounced, he said : " My lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all [referring to other pirates on trial, some of whom had been acquitted] , only I have been sworn against... | |
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My Lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all, only I have been sworn against by perjured persons'. 
