 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 ... - Seite 149von James Boswell - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 Seiten
...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...Ministry is dissolved. I prayed with Francis, and gave thanks." * It has been the subject of discussion, whether there are two distinct particulars mentioned... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 Seiten
...eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death bjroke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. JOHN ARMSTRONG. J OHN ARMSTRONG, a physician and poet, was born about 17O9 at Castleton in Roxburghshire,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 506 Seiten
...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...Ministry is dissolved. I prayed with Francis, and gave thanks." 5 It has been the subject of discussion, whether there are two distinct particulars mentioned... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 Seiten
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no firry, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forced his soul the nearest way. DEATH OF STEPHEN GREY, FRS THE ELECTRICIAN'. LONG hast thou borne... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 Seiten
...firm — his pow'rs were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. 9. 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. CHAP. XVIII. On Early Rising. 2. rU'-di-ant, a. shining. 3. Lay, s.... | |
 | 1832 - 586 Seiten
...was firm his powera 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. A MINIATURE SKETCH OF RURAL LIFE IN THE HIGHER CIRCLES. E3SAT III. " I made me gardens and orchards,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 Seiten
...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 once the vital chain, Iv ' . - I EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 Seiten
...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 once the vital chain, EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 Seiten
...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. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.* PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 Seiten
...Drake's Literary Life of Johnson ; and Boswell, i. ii. iii. iv.— Ej>. 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, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN1. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
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