 I am going to my Father's; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to...  The pilgrim's progress - Page 158by John Bunyan - 1795Full view - About this book
 | Charles Milton Lewis Wiseman - Fairfield County (Ohio) - 1901 - 484 pages
...am going to my father's; and though with great difficulty I got thither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at (to arrive where...pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get them. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who... | |
 | robert louis stevenson - 1902 - 722 pages
...and most remarkable, "My sword," says the dying Valiant-forTruth, he in whom Great-heart delighted, " my sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my...and my courage and skill to him that can get it." And after this boast, more arrogantly unorthodox than was ever dreamed of by the rejected Ignorance,... | |
 | Bernard Shaw - English drama - 1903 - 298 pages
...pilgrimage, and say "yet do I not repent me" ; or, with the panache of a millionaire, bequeath " my sword to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it." This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ;... | |
 | John Kelman - 1903 - 326 pages
...sort. The pictures lead him back to his favourite characters — Mr. Valiant-for-Truth giving 'my sword to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it ' ; Greatheart, 'a stout, honest, big-busted ancient, adjusting his shoulder-belts, twirling his long... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - Missionaries - 1903 - 326 pages
...very calm and quiet. Lao-man said that he built the fire for Mr. Pitkin, but he got his own supper." " My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage," said Valiant-for-Truth, "and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry... | |
 | Dorothea Price Hughes - Biography & Autobiography - 1904 - 802 pages
...and though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the troubles I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give...scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that 1 have fought His battles, Who now will be my Rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come,... | |
 | Henry Dwight Sedgwick - 1904 - 376 pages
...it. Then said he, ... " though with great difficulty I have got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where...that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me." . . . When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the river-side, into which... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 - 1904 - 384 pages
...FINALE Mr. Valiant summoned. His will. His last words. Then, said he, " I am going to my Father's. . . . My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my...and my courage and skill to him that can get it." . . . And as he went down deeper, he said, " Grave, where is thy victory ?" So he passed over, and... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - Anthologies - 1906 - 352 pages
...am going to my Father's; and tho' with great Difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the Trouble I have been at to arrive where...Courage and Skill to him that can get it. My Marks and Scarrs I carry with me, to be a Witness for me that I have fought his Battels who now will be my Rewarder.... | |
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