 | William John Thoms - 1873 - 350 pagine
...the old man was staying with the Earl of Arundel at Wem, he tells us — ' The King said to Old Parr, "You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ? " " I did penance when I was a hundred years old." The same he told me before he went to the King... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1876 - 446 pagine
...subjoined to his Lives of Cromwell and Milton. The earl sent Parr, who was then blind, to King Charles. The king said to him, "You have lived longer than...' I did penance when I was an hundred years old." 2 The Duchess it is said wanted money, and sold them for 300Z. The editor is enabled, from peculiar... | |
 | 1877 - 814 pagine
...he was brought up to London, by Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and carried to court. The king (Charles I.) said to him, "you have lived longer than other men,..." I did penance when I was an hundred years old." The concluding scene of Old Parr's life is thus described by Taylor : — • His limbs their strength... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1879 - 606 pagine
...subjoined to his Lives of Cromwell and Milton. The earl sent Parr, who was then blind, to King Charles. The king said to him, 'You have lived longer than...other men?' He replied, ' I did penance when I was a hundred years old.' 6 The duchess, it is said, wanted mone_y, and sold tnem for 3007. 7 Part of this... | |
 | 1880 - 798 pagine
...kings and queens, and was buried in Westminster Abbey." When he was about one hundred and fifty-two years of age, he was brought up to London by Thomas,...other men ? ' He replied : ' I did penance when I was a hundred years old. ' His great rules for longevity are well known : ' Keep your head cool by temperance... | |
 | 1886 - 926 pagine
...and after two days the said Earle sent him in a litter to the King. And the King said to Old Parr, ' You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ? ' He answered, ' I did penance when I was an hundred years' old.' The same he told me before he went to... | |
 | William Edward Armytage Axon - 1888 - 358 pagine
...in his life which brought upon him public disgrace in the parish church. The King said to Old Parr, "You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ? " "I did penance when I was a hundred years old." This is not easily reconciled either to probability... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1894 - 552 pagine
...of the churchyard. Parr must have tickled the courtiers when he replied to the King's question : " You have lived longer than other men. What have you done more than other men 1" "I did penance," said the venerable prodigy, " when I was a hundred years old." One would like to... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1895 - 488 pagine
...up by easy stages to London, where, in September 1635, he was presented to the king. Charles asked him, ' You have lived longer than other men : what have you done more than other men ? ' Parr replied, ' I did penance when I was an hundred years old.' He claimed to have lived under... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1927 - 830 pagine
...he was brought up to London, by Thomas, Farl of Arundel, and carried to court. The king (Charles 1.) said to him: 'You have lived longer than other men:...replied: I did penance when I was an hundred years old'." Parr's physical appearance at the age of 152 is described in verse by Taylor: Small solace, imperfections... | |
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You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ?' He replied, ' I did penance when I was an hundred years old. 
