 The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Sida 795efter James Boswell - 1817Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 sidor
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way 3. " "TO MRS. STKAHAN. " 4th February, 1782. " DEAR MADAM, — Mrs. Williams showed me your kind letter.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 570 sidor
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way 3." "TO MRS. STRAHAN. " 4th February, 1782. " DEAR MADAM, — Mrs. Williams showed me your kind letter.... | |
 | 1850 - 772 sidor
...mightier, until this world was too low, too narrow a sphere of action, and " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed hi* sool the nearest way." Mr. Calhoun was not a learned man, in the ordinary acceptation of the term,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 sidor
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain. No cold...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." LETTKR 4O7. TO MRS. STRAHAN. " Feb. 4. 1782. " DEAR MADAM, — Mrs. Williams showed me your kind letter.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 sidor
...pages of the Bible. Gtetera alibi." . , » * * * • * * On the foregoing curious passage — " Mar. 3 20. The ministry is dissolved. I prayed with Francis,...— it has been the subject of discussion whether 1 [Lord Stowell. — ED.] ' [Mrs. Gartrell, of Lichfield — ED.} ' [Mr. Boswell had erroneously .dated... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 sidor
...firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. PROM THE VANITY OP HUMAN WISHES. " ENLARGE my life with multitude of days !" In health, in sickness,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 sidor
...firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. PROM THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. " ENLARGE my life with multitude of days !" In health, in sickness,... | |
 | 1840 - 378 sidor
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. THK VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, IN IMITATION OF THI TENTH SATIRE Of JUVENAL. LET observation, with extensive... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 sidor
...firm — his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. GRAY. Born in 1716— Died in 1771. Mr. Gray was accounted in his time, according to Dr. Johnson, the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 sidor
...uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold...gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chnin, And freed his soul the nearest way '." " TO MRS. STRAHAN. " 4th February, 1783. " DEAR MADAM,... | |
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