 | Philip Schaff - 1890 - 822 pages
...Isidore of Seville. The day before he died he spent in dictating his translations, saying now and then, " Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether ray Maker will not soon take me away." He progressed so far with his rendering of John's Gospel that... | |
 | John Anthony Sparvel-Bayly - 1889 - 250 pages
...What are these among so many ?' in spite of his agony, he went on dictating cheerfully, saying : ' Go on quickly. I know not how long I shall hold out.' " One of us, seeing a change in him, said : ' Dear master, there is yet one chapter wanting. Do you... | |
 | Montague John Guest - 1894 - 656 pages
...the ascension of our Lord ... he passed all that day pleasantly, and dictated now and then, saying, ' Go on quickly ; I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Master will soon take me away.' " On the Wednesday "he ordered that we should speedily write what he... | |
 | George Milligan - 1895 - 164 pages
...Bede, though suffering greatly, had spent in dictating, now and then among other things saying : " Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out,...and whether my Maker will not soon take me away." On the following day his weakness increased, but he was able to take a touching farewell of all his... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1907 - 488 pages
...cheerfully, and now and then said among other things, ' Learn quickly, I know not how long I shall endure, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away. ' But to us it seemed that haply he knew well the time of his departure ; and so he spent the night, awake, in... | |
 | 1907 - 610 pages
...Bible. Too feeble to write himself, he was dictating to another monk. As he began to suffer more he said, "Go on quickly ; I know not how long I shall hold out." He thus spent the whole night. On the following day, after dictating the last sentence he said. "It... | |
 | George Frederick Bosworth - 1914 - 230 pages
...little before Ascension-tide he became worse, but still remained cheerful. " Go on quickly," he said, " I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away." The weakness grew, but yet the venerable master called his pupils round him. " Most dear master," said... | |
 | Harold Bruce Hunting - 1915 - 450 pages
...though suffering greatly, he con308 tinued to dictate cheerfully to his scribes, saying now and again, ' Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker may not soon take me away.' On the morrow he resumed his task. One of the scholars said to him, ' Most... | |
 | George Sampson - 1924 - 504 pages
...When the Tuesday before the ascension of our Lord came, he began to suffer still more in his breath, and a small swelling appeared in his feet; but he...and then among other things, said, 'Go on quickly, 1 know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.' But to us he... | |
 | 1907 - 588 pages
...Bible. Too feeble to write himself, he was dictating to another monk. As he began to suffer more he said, "Go on quickly; I know not how long I shall hold out." He thus spent the whole night. On the following day, after dictating the last sentence he said. "It... | |
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Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away. 
