 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided byj His frame was firm— his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery...Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his foul the neareft way. EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. pHILLIPS! whofe touch harmonious... | |
 | Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 pages
...firm, his pow'rs were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 ' Then with no throb of fiery pain, ' No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, * And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a feverer fhock than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...firm, his pow'rs were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 1 Then with no throb of fiery pain, ' No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, 1 And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 pages
...bright, « Though now his eightieth year was nigh, « Then t.-r;. . * c c c 9 Then with no throb of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, c And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783,^5 conftitution fuftained a feverer... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 632 pages
...were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then 9 ' Then with no throb of fiery pain, c No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, c And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1789 - 248 pages
...peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were tright» Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. *Then with no fiery,...of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his foul the neareft way. EPITAPHIUM 1 N THOMAM HANMER, BARONETTUM. Honorabilis admodum THOMAS... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. E 4 Then Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...Death broke at once the vital chain. And freed his foul the neareft way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, An Itinerant Mufician *. T) HILLIPS ! whofe touch... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...altered it to the prefent reading. « The " The bufy 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 freed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery...Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his foul the neareft way. « EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS! whofe touch... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1794 - 564 pages
...the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery,...decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, . And forc'd his foul the near«ftway. AN ANECDOTE. A DEAN of Canterbury, remarkable for hold**• ing a... | |
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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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,... 
