 | Early English newspapers - 1787 - 618 pages
...the phyfician* to go to church yefterday j 1 therefors received the holy facrament at home," in fhe room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death O, my friend, the approach of death is very dre:wTn!. I am afraid to think on that wlvch I know 1 cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 586 pages
...wonderfully to deliver me from the dropfy : I am yet very weak, and have not pafled the door fince the i 3th of December. I hope for fome help from warm weather,...with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. O, my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot... | |
 | William Crowe - Landscapes - 1788 - 252 pages
...have the confent of the phyficians to go to church yefterday ; I therefore received the holy facrament at home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. O, my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...imagination taking a different turn." To Mrs. Williams, a little before her death, he faid, " Oh ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful....to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is in vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy... | |
 | Jane West - Women - 1806 - 480 pages
...inevitable trial with doubt and terror ;he endured it with magnanimity and hope. He who exclaimed, "O, my " friend ! the approach of death is very *' dreadful ; I am afraid to. think on tha.t T 6 419 "which I know I cannot avoid; it " is vain to look round and round " for that help which none... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...disordered imagination taking a different turn." To Mrs. Williams, a little before her death, he said, " Oh! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful....to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is in vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...will surely come in time. " I could not have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in...with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. O ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...will surely come in time. " I could not have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in...with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. O ! my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which 1 know 1... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...will surely come in time. I could not have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in...with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. It is vain to look round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - English language - 1814 - 400 pages
...will surely come in time. I could not have the consent of the physicians to go to church yesterday ; I therefore received the holy sacrament at home, in...with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. It is vain to look round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he... | |
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O my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful! I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid. It is vain to look round and round for that help which cannot be had. Yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-day may live... 
