The Last Words (real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women: Collected from Various SourcesC. A. Brewster, 1900 - 203 Seiten |
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... last words of Augustus rest upon the authority of Cicero . BABINGTON ( Anthony , English gentleman devoted to the cause of Mary Stuart . Executed for having con- spired against the life of Queen Elizabeth ) , - 6 Last Words of.
... last words of Augustus rest upon the authority of Cicero . BABINGTON ( Anthony , English gentleman devoted to the cause of Mary Stuart . Executed for having con- spired against the life of Queen Elizabeth ) , - 6 Last Words of.
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... English physician ) , 1704–1776 . " Young man , you have heard , no doubt , how great are the terrors of death : this night will probably afford you some experience ; but you may learn , and may you profit by the example , that a ...
... English physician ) , 1704–1776 . " Young man , you have heard , no doubt , how great are the terrors of death : this night will probably afford you some experience ; but you may learn , and may you profit by the example , that a ...
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... English monk , and the author of " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Ang- lorum " ) , 673-735 . Glory be to the Father , and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost . " It is related that on the night of his death he continued dictating to his ...
... English monk , and the author of " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Ang- lorum " ) , 673-735 . Glory be to the Father , and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost . " It is related that on the night of his death he continued dictating to his ...
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... English as " Fidelio , ” he was attacked with deafness . The malady began grad- ually , but after a year made more rapid progress , and soon his hearing was entirely destroyed . Some authorities give his last words thus : " Is it not ...
... English as " Fidelio , ” he was attacked with deafness . The malady began grad- ually , but after a year made more rapid progress , and soon his hearing was entirely destroyed . Some authorities give his last words thus : " Is it not ...
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... English the first stanza of Home , Sweet Home . At the second stanza the muscles of the throat refused to move ; not a note could he sound . In distress and great amazement he gazed around him for a moment , and then , closing his eyes ...
... English the first stanza of Home , Sweet Home . At the second stanza the muscles of the throat refused to move ; not a note could he sound . In distress and great amazement he gazed around him for a moment , and then , closing his eyes ...
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American ANAXAGORAS André uttered asked Bailly beautiful Bede Bishop bless blood body breath brother buried Cæsar called cardinal Caroline Ferdinande Louise celebrated Cesare Borgia Charles Charlotte Corday Church Church of England clergyman coffin condemned crown dead dear death died distinguished Duke dying earth Eddy Brothers Emperor endeavored England English execution executioner expired eyes Farewell Father feel fell founder French funeral George give his last grave hand head heart heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VIII Holy Ionian school Jesus Christ John Julius Cæsar King last hours last words letter live Lord Louis martyr Mary mercy mind murder never night Pætus pain peace physician poet pray President Queen Ravaillac rest Roman Roman Catholic Church saint sans-culottes Saviour say his last scaffold servants sing sleep soldiers soul Spinoza suffer thee Thomas thou thought tomb wife William wish wounded
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Seite 123 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Seite 97 - REQUIEM UNDER the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.
Seite 68 - Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a pharisee and the other a publican ; the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican ; I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Seite 4 - Let them and me rest in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, and my memory in oblivion, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done.
Seite 55 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 10 - He said he was going to that country he had all his ' life wished to see, and expressed himself happy, hoping for salvation ' through Jesus Christ. Just before he died his countenance became fair, ' his eyes brightened, and he burst out into singing of the things he saw in
Seite 6 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Seite 91 - ... directions, and the man who gave him the poison now and then looked at his feet and legs; and after a while he pressed his foot hard, and asked him if he could feel; and he said, No; and then his leg, and so upwards and upwards, and showed us that he was cold and stiff. And he felt them himself, and said: When the poison reaches the heart, that will be the end.
Seite 33 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.
Seite 56 - For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?