 | Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1858 - 610 pages
...were alike employed in vain. " Tell my father," he said, after having been sent to" the Tower, uthat my prison shall be my grave before I will budge a...have no need to fear. God will make amends for all." He remained many months in confinement, from which he was at length released through the influence... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - New Jersey - 1928 - 574 pages
...to him in the Tower that he must either withdraw certain statements or die, "Tell him," said Penn, "that my prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot, for I owe the obedience of my conscience to no mortal man." He did not need to be a crusader to fill life's void.... | |
 | Catholic church in the United States - 1928 - 1018 pages
...equally severe on Quakers, although originally only directed against Catholics. "My prison," said Penn, "shall be my grave before I will budge a jot, for I owe obedience of my conscience to no mortal man." Even while bearing the heavy responsibilities as governor... | |
 | Voltaire, Arthur Wilson-Green - 224 pages
...underwent several terms of imprisonment for breaches of the Conventicle Act but his spirit was unbroken : " My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot", he exclaimed on one occasion. After his father's death in 1670, he was a wealthy man. He interested... | |
 | Voltaire, Arthur Wilson-Green - 226 pages
...underwent several terms of imprisonment for breaches of the Conventicle Act but his spirit was unbroken : " My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot", he exclaimed on one occasion. After his father's death in 1670, he was a wealthy man. He interested... | |
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I know will ask thee, these words, that my prison shall be my grave, before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man ; I have no need to fear ; God will make amends for all. 
