 | 1798 - 602 pages
...of thenoife and cnnfulion in it. He ai'.deJ. that the officious teudemels und care of friends w.is an entanglement to a dying man ; •and that the unconcerned attendance of tliofe that could be procured in (uch a place would give left difturbjnce." (Burnet's Hiftory of his... | |
 | 1799 - 510 pages
...an : who ' was weary of '.he noife and confufion * in it. He added, lhat the officious ' tendernefs and care of friends was • an entanglement to a dying man ; ' and that the unconcerned attend' anee of tbofe that could be procured ' in fuch a place would give leis diC1 tuibancef.' ANECDOTES... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1807 - 672 pages
...all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officiousness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He obtained what he desired, for he died at the Bell Inn in Warwick Lane. Another circumstance was,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pages
...and whp was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officious tenderness of his friends was an entanglement to a dying man, and that...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He had his wish." — Swif't. " Canting puppy!" P. 590. Burnet. " Stearne, archbishop of York, died... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 554 pages
...all as an inn, and who was weary of the noife and confufion of it. He added, that the officioufnefs and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying man, and that the unconcerned attendance of thofe that could be procured in fuch a place would give lefs difturbance. He obtained what he defired,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 614 pages
...and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officious tenderness of his friends was an entanglement to a dying man, and that...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He had his wish." — Swift. " Canting puppy !" P. 590 Burnet. "Stearne, archbishop of York, died this... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 618 pages
...and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officious tenderness of his friends was an entanglement to a dying man, and that...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He had his wish." — Swift. " Canting puppy !" P. 590. Burnet. " Stearne, archbishop of York, died... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 552 pages
...all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officiousness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He obtained what he desired, for he died at the Bell-inn in Warwick Lane. Another circumstance was,... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 596 pages
...all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added, that the officiousness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying...procured in such a place would give less disturbance. He obtained what he desired, for he died at the Bell-inn in Warwick Lane. Another circumstance was,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Bernard - 1818 - 292 pages
...home, to whom this world was all as " an inn, and who was weary of the noise and " confusion in it : that the officious tenderness ** and care of friends...entanglement to " a dying man ; and that the unconcerned at" tendance of those who could be procured in " such a place would give less disturbance." — He... | |
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He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it. He added, that the officious tenderness... 
