 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, And...  The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Страница 149по James Boswell - 1807Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 страници
...— his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 страници
...his powers were bright, ' Though now his eightieth year was nigh. \ 9 Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 страници
...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...chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." In one ot Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious passage : " Jan. 20. The ministry... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1888 - 550 страници
...it might be said of him, in the words he was fond of repeating, — " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It was a little strange, and seems now almost ominous, that not long before his death he received from... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 64 страници
...respect, as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or any description of his... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 60 страници
...respect, as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with.no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or any description of his... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1888 - 68 страници
...without conscious suffering, this useful life came serenely to its end. Thus, " with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887, at the advanced age of... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor - 1861 - 566 страници
...where he fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, " No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Massachusetts — Union — Liberty. Massachusetts, limited in territory, aiming to cultivate and develope... | |
 | 1861 - 922 страници
...• attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunitate mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities which goes under... | |
 | 1861 - 924 страници
...last attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunilate mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital ctmin, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities... | |
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