 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 370 pages
...who was executed about a year after, gave him a stroke, either with a broadsword or a Lochaber axe, on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw further at that time was that his hat was fallen off; he took it in his left hand and waved it... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Biography - 1901 - 478 pages
...who was executed about a year after, gave him a stroke, either with a broadsword or a Lochaber axe, on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw further at that time was that his hat was fallen off; he took it in his left hand and waved it... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1906 - 520 pages
...stroke either with a broadsword or a Lochaber-axe (for my informant could not exactly distinguish) on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw further at this time was, that as his hat was falling off, he took it in his left hand and waved... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 766 pages
...stroke either with a broadsword or a Lochaber-axe (for my informant could not exactly distinguish) on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw farther at this time was that, as his hat was fallen off, he took it in his left hand and waved... | |
 | Court records - 1892 - 388 pages
...him a stroke, either with a broadsword or Lochaber axe, my informant could not exactly distinguish, on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. . . . '—See Doddridge's Life of Gardiner, where the account of the Colonel's death was carefully... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 2006 - 486 pages
...a stroke either with a broadsword or a Lochaberaxe (for my informant could not exactly distinguish) on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw further at this time was, that, as his hat was falling off, he took it in his left hand, and waved... | |
 | Walter Scott - 188? - 970 pages
...stroke either with a broadsword or a Lochaber-axe (for my informant could not exactly distinguish) on the hinder part of his head, which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw further at this time, was, that as his hat was falling off, he took it in his left hand and waved... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1850 - 206 pages
...stroke, either with a broadsword, or a Lochaber-axe (formv informant could not exactly distinguish), on the hinder part of his head, 'which was the mortal blow. All that his faithful attendant saw farther at this time was, that as his hat was fallen off, he took it in his left hand, and waved... | |
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All that his faithful attendant saw further at this time was, that as his hat was falling off, he took it in his left hand and waved it as a signal to him to retreat, and added, what were the last words he ever heard him speak, 'Take care of yourself;'... 
