| Helen Maria Williams - 1796 - 472 pages
...with a few figns of life yet remaining : they placed him on the bed, where he inftantly expired. " The chamber where the good man meets his fate* " Is privileged beyond the common walks <r Of virtuous life." The prefent was a fanctuary too facred for municipal officers or Pruflians,... | |
| 700 pages
...servant depart in fieace; or, with the confidence of expiring Stephen, Lord Jesus! receive my spirit. The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common wslk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heav'n. Fly, ye profane! If not, draw near with awe; Receive... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1811 - 286 pages
...are ye lefs than they ?" THOMSON-, SECTION VI. The Death of a Gold Man a strong Incentive to Virtue. THE chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is...privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n-. Fly, ye profane ! if not, draw near with awe,. Receive the bleffihg, and adore... | |
| Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...Is it his death-bed ? No ; it is his shrine : Behold him, there, just rising to a god. .! •,. ..". The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is...privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven. Fly, ye profane ! If not, draw near with awe,. Receive the blessing, and adore... | |
| 1854 - 834 pages
...decay was gradual, and his debility general. So cheerful and happy was he, that it might be said — " The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk Of viituous life, quite on the verge of heaven ! " He was one day visited by the late Mr. EL Cope, who,... | |
| 1843 - 752 pages
...piety of the dear sufferer, rather than upon that which then was so distressing. ' The chamber wlicro the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk of life, Quito on the verge of heaven T "* Amidst bodily sufferings, sufficient to appal the stoutest... | |
| Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pages
...temple of my fame. Is it his death bed r No ; it is his shrine: Behold him there just rising to a god. The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n. Fly, ye profane ! if not, draw near with awe, Receive the blessing, and adore... | |
| 1818 - 486 pages
...— sunk into a state of sweet and gentle repose, and closed his eyes for ever on this world. '• The chamber where the good man meets his fate, : Is...privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.' " Such were the interesting awful scenes, such the sad train of concomitant... | |
| 1818 - 590 pages
...sigh, — sunk into a state of sweet and gentle repose, and closed his eyes for ever on this world. ' The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is...privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.' " Such were the interestii^ awful scenes, such the sad train of concomitant... | |
| Henry Kollock - 1822 - 442 pages
...Christianity above all other religions, and see its efficacy in imparting conwhen every other refuge fails. The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is...privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven. You see the man ; you see his hold on Heaven. Heaven waits not the last moment... | |
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