 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, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - עמוד 256מאת James Boswell - 1807תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 דפים
...firm—bin power* wcre bright, Though now his eightieth year wan niuh. Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his soul the nearest way. VANITY OP HUMAN WISHES. WHERE then shall hope and fear their objects... | |
 | Daniel Sandford (bp. of Edinburgh.) - 1830 - 402 דפים
...eightyfour. Such a gentle departure is enviable. You remember Dr Johnson's lines on his friend Levett, " Then with no throbs of fiery pain, " No cold gradations of decay," &c. Mrs D. fell asleep a few days since, and her sleep terminated on Friday last ! I trust that she... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 דפים
...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...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 דפים
...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...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 דפים
...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 דפים
...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...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.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 דפים
...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 דפים
...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 דפים
...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 דפים
...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... | |
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