 | 1854 - 664 σελίδες
...of any one I know from one state to another." In a letter to Dr. Taylor, he exclaims, " 0 my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful! I am afraid to think of that which I eannot avoid !" He told Dr. Hawkins that he never had a moment in which death was not... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1856 - 328 σελίδες
...looking for of judgment into the eternal world. "The approach of death is dreadful," he exclaims. " I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot...that he who has lived to-day, may live to-morrow. No wise man will be contented to die, if he thinks he is going into a state of punishment. Nay, no... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1857 - 672 σελίδες
...his decease, the following passage occurs in a letter of Johnson's to Dr. Taylor : " O my friend ! the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot avoid." His presumed sensitiveness on the subject is illustrated again in a paragraph from Boswell, some five... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 320 σελίδες
...home, in the room where I communicated with dear Mrs. Williams, a little before her death. 0 my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful. I am afraid...and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-day may jive to-morrow. But let us learn to derive our hope only from GOD. "In the mean time, let us be kind... | |
 | 1859 - 890 σελίδες
...life, these feelings, as we learn from his letter to Dr. Taylor, were not abated. " Oh I my friend, the approach of death is very dreadful ; I am afraid...round and round for that help which cannot be had." He is still watching his symptoms with the utmost anxiety, hailing every sign of improvement, and depressed... | |
 | 436 σελίδες
...looking-for of judgment into the eternal world. " ' The approach of death is dreadful,' he exclaims. ' I am afraid 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... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1862 - 298 σελίδες
...fearful looking for of judgment into the eternal world. "The approach of death is dreadful," he exclaims. "I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot...; yet we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has liyed to-day, may live to-morrow. No wise man will be contented to die, if he thinks he is going into... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 σελίδες
...very sleepless and very tedious, and yet 1 am extremely airaid of dying.— Johnson, 748. O MY friend, the approach of death is very dreadful ! I am afraid to think on that which 1 know I cannot avoid. — (To Taylor), 752. LONDOB, 15th of April, 1784. — Yesterday I had the pleasure... | |
 | Helen Cross Knight - 1872 - 302 σελίδες
...fearful looking for of judgment into the eternal world. "The approach of death is dreadful," he exclaims. "I am afraid to think on that which I know I cannot...that he who has lived to-day, may live to-morrow. No wise man will be contented to die, if he thinks he is going into a state of punishment. Nay, no... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 σελίδες
...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...we hope and hope, and fancy that he who has lived to-Jay may live to-morrow. But let us learn to derive our hope only from GOD. " In the mean time, let... | |
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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... 
