 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 freed his soul the nearest way.' In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious...  Boswell's Life of Johnson - Stran 391avtor: James Boswell - 1904Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1870 - 464 strani
...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, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. CLXIX HIGHLAND MARY. Samuel Johnson. Ye banks and braes and... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 strani
...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, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. CLXIX HIGHLAND MARY. Samuel Joknsor.. Ye banks and braes and... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 472 strani
...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, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. CLXIX HIGHLAND MARY. Samuel Johnson. Ye banks and braes and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 strani
...firm, his powers were bright. Though now his eightieth year was ni¿li. Then, with no throbs of flery pain. No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...dissolved. I prayed with Francis, and gave thanks." It has been the subject of discussion, whether there are two distinct particular» mentioned here?... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 strani
...Improve each moment as it flies; Life's a short summer—man a flower— He dies, alas! how soon he dies! Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. DR. 8. JOHNSON : on Robcrt LrvclL This world death's region is, the other life's; And here it should... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 strani
...was firm, his powers were bright, Though now hiseightiethyearwasnigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. WILLIAM SHENSTONE. [1714-1763.] THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. HER cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 strani
...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 once the vital chain, And forced his soul the nearest way. On the ground-floor of his house in Bolt Court, Johnson provided a... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 strani
...was firm, his powers were bright, Though now hiseightieth yearwas nigh. Th;n with no fier}' throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. WILLIAM SHENSTONE. THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. HER cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1878 - 1116 strani
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing Ѓ ; D^ TO MRS. UN WIN. MARY ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feign'd... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 288 strani
...frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throb of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. WOOD STREET. Samuel Johnson. AT the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that... | |
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