 | 1837 - 574 pages
...notices it as a peculiar trait of those who are about to suffer by a judicial or premature death. " How oft when men are at the point of death Have they heen merry ! which their keepers call A lightning before death." Rom. and Jttl. v. 3. The case of Socrates,... | |
 | 1838 - 568 pages
...displayed by individuals about to die on the scaffold. Shakespeare has not overlooked the latter : — " How oft, when men are at the point of death, " Have they been merry ? which their keepers call " A lightning before death." — Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Scene iii. In... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.? 34 — i. 2. 251 Death. How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have they been merry ? which their keepers2 call A lightning before death. • 35 — v. 3. 252 The Influence of Infection.... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1838 - 992 pages
...to seek his consulting friend. CHAPTER VII. " Accidents of hourly proof." MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. " How oft when men are at the point of death. Have they been merry." ROMEO AND JULIET. ON the same evening, and in all probability at the precise period in which Waddy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...full of light. Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr'd. [Laying Paris in the monument. How ofl when men are at the point of death Have they been merry ? which their keepers call A lightning before death : O, how may I Call this a lighlning? — 0, my... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.f 34 — i. 2. 251 Death. How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have...which their keepers! call A lightning before death. 35— v. 3. 252 The influence of infection. They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.f 34 — i. 2. 851 Death. How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have they been merry 1 which their keepersf call A lightning before death. ^ 35 — v. 3. 252 The influence of iofection. They that have... | |
 | 1839 - 560 pages
...notices it as a peculiar trait of those who are about to suffer by a judicial or premature death. " How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry ! which their keepers call A lightning before death." Rom. and Jul. v. 3. The case of Socrates, instanced... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 340 pages
...presence ! full of light. Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr'd. [laying Paris in the monument. How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have they been merry ! which their keepers call A lightning before death : O, how may I Call this a lightning ? — O, my... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 606 pages
...presence full of light. Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr'd. {Laying Paris in the Monument. How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have they been merry8, which their keepers call A lightning before death : O ! how may I Call this a lightning ? —... | |
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How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry! which their keepers call A lightning before death: O, how may I Call this a lightning! 
