 Richard, struck with the reasonableness of this reply, and humbled by the near approach of death, ordered Gourdon to be set at liberty, and a sum of money to be given him; but Marcadee, unknown to him, seized the unhappy man, flayed him alive, and then...  Hume and Smollett's Celebrated History of England, from Its First Settlement ... - Page 60by David Hume, John Robinson - 1827 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1800 - 468 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural son, called Philip, behind him. Richard had all the qualities that could gain... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 442 pages
...his ijgg' age, and was buried at Fonteverard. " '1 hough some marks of his poetical genius remain, the most shining parts of his character are his military...appellation of " Cceur de Lion," or " the Lionhearted." He left behind him no issue ; and, by his last will, lie declared John heir to all his dominions, though... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1806 - 346 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural son, called Philip, behind him. CHAP. X, JOHN. < A- D. 1199—1216'. JOHN... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1808 - 342 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural son, called Philip, behind him. CHAP. X. JOHN, who was readily put in possession... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 386 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural son, called Philip, behind him. . . : . CHAP. X. JOHN. JOHN, who was readily... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 528 pages
...to him, 6th April, seized the unhappy man, flayed him alive, and Death tnen hanged him. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age; and he left no issue behind him. seek my life? What have you done to me? replied and cha- THE hiost... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 396 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him -to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural sou, called Philip, behind him. CHAPTER X. JOHN. AD 1199—1216. JOHN was... | |
 | Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 524 pages
...alive, and then hanged him unknown to the king, who died of his wound on the 6th of April 1199, ifl the tenth year of his reign .and the forty-second of his age. He left no other issue behind him than a natural son, called Philip. This gallant prince, passionately... | |
 | Elizabeth Helme - Great Britain - 1818 - 334 pages
...flayed alive, and then hanged ; which sentence was executed. " King Richard died in the year 1199, in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving no legitimate children. By his own request, he was buried at his father's feet, whom he confessed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1823 - 470 pages
...commanded under him, like a true ruffian, ordered him to be flayed alive, and then hanged. Richard died in the tenth year of his reign, and the forty-second of his age, leaving only one natural son, called Philip. Richard had all the qualities that could gain the admiration... | |
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