 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 140 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...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. To MBS. THRALE On her completing her thirty-fifth year AN IMPROMPTU Oft in danger, yet alive We are... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1912 - 1102 strani
...firm—his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Hi Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. RICHARD JAGO 2. Absence YV7ITH leaden foot Time creeps along ™ While Delia is away: With her, nor... | |
 | 1912 - 616 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, And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson [1709-1784] "O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!" [ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865] 0 CAPTAIN! my Captain!... | |
 | George G. Loane - 1912 - 216 strani
...made a pause, nor left a void; 10 And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed ! Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, 15 And freed his soul the nearest way. JOHNSON (1709-1784). 1. Comment on the use of " vigorous " in... | |
 | Andrew Macphail - 1916 - 542 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...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, LORD HOUGHTON In Memoriam '' I "IS right for her to sleep between 1 Some of... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1120 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, And freed his soul the nearest wav. RICHARD JAGO 4f2. Absence 1115-1;* YVTITH leaden foot Time creeps along While Delia is away: With... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1922 - 492 strani
...firm—his pow'rs 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. The appeal which these lines made to Scott, is shown by the fact that he recalled them upon two occasions... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 strani
...VII. 10/ 15 The land of darkness and the shadow of death. Job. X. 21. ie Then with no fiery throbbing SAMUEL JOHNSON — Verses on the Death of Mr. Robert Level. St. 9. ("No fiery throbs of pain" in first... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 strani
...was firm—his powers were bright, And 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. The Rev. THOMAS LISLE, DD (1709-1767) The Power of Music :* A Song Imitated from the Spanish of Juan... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1923 - 440 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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." / These stanzas migjit_liai£_been_signed by Matthew Arnold, so modern are they in their workmanship.... | |
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