On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event: not a moment was lost in repairing to his house.... Annual Register - Page 882edited by - 1805Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 402 pages
...melancholy task of recording the mournful event. Not a moment was left in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ;...mind must have derived consolation from those sources w here he had been in the hahit of seeking it, and where alone, in our last moments, it can ever be... | |
| Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...melancholy task of recording the mournful event. Nqt a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ;...from, the complacency of his features and the ease of bis attitude, could not have been severe ; and his mind must have derived consolation from those sources... | |
| William Jones - English poetry - 1818 - 312 pages
...April, 179*. Lord Teignmonth fonnd him, on the morning of that day, " lying en his hed in a postnre of meditation ; and the only symptom of remaining...which after a. few seconds ceased, and he expired withont a pang or groan. His hodily snffering, from the complacency of his featnres and the ease of... | |
| 1821 - 724 pages
...of recording the mournful event : not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on a bed, in a posture of meditation, and the only symptom...severe ; and his mind must have derived consolation fron those sources where he had been ffl the habit of seeking it, and where alone in our last moments... | |
| Henry Roscoe - Great Britain - 1831 - 442 pages
...melancholy task of recording the mournful event. Not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation, and...the ease of his attitude, could not have been severe j and his mind must have derived consolation from those sources where he had been in the habit of seeking... | |
| 1833 - 310 pages
...attendants called on Lord Teignmouth, and all repaired to the house of this distinguished scholar. He was lying on his bed, in a posture of meditation, and the only symptom of remaining life, was a slight motion at the heart, which, after a few moments, ceased, and he expired without a pang or a... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...since completed by Mr Colebrooke. mournful event. Not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation, and...seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan." So closed the life of one of the most learned and amiable of men. Brief as his career was it had been... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...melancholy task of recording the mournful event. Not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation, and...seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan." So closed the life of one of the most learned and amiable of men. Brief as his career was it had been... | |
| Lindley Murray - Biography - 1888 - 406 pages
...seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan. His bodily suffering, from the complacence of his features and the ease of his attitude, could not have been severe; and his mind must Wye derived consolation from those sources, where he hact W>en in the habit of seeking it, and where... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 pages
...melancholy task of recording the mournful event. Not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation, and the only symptom oi remaining life was a small degree of motion in the heart, which after a few seconds ceased, and... | |
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