 I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable to behold it.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 214de Alexander Pope - 1822Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 694 pages
...and this for the very reason which possibly might hinder your coming, that my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay almost of... | |
 | 1824 - 436 pages
...coming, that my poor mother is dead. I hank God, her death was as easy us her life was innocent ; ind as it cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet ipon her countenance such an expression of iranquillity, nay ilmost of pleasure, that it is even amiable... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...brought you hither, and this for the very reason that might hinder your coming ; my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was...cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet on her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable... | |
 | 1843 - 508 pages
...near her room without uneasiness. He wrote, however, to Richardson, the painter, as follows : — " I thank God her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and, as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1844 - 790 pages
...expression than when, communicating to Richardson the death of his mother, he informs him that there lingers upon " her countenance such an expression of tranquillity,...of pleasure, that it is even amiable to behold it," and urges him to come and sketch her in the evening, or early on the morrow, " before this whiter flower... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...And this for the very reason which possibly might hinder your coming, that my poor mother is dead 7. I thank God, her death was as easy, as her life was...countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost master of Sir Joshua Reynolds, who, if he was not indebted to his instructor for the superior style... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 pages
...and this for the very reason which possibly might hinder your coming, that my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent; and as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay almost of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 pages
...the purpose of urging him to come down and take her portrait before the coffin was closed, he says, " I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity," that " it would... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 pages
...the purpose of urging him to come down and take her portrait before the coffin was closed, he says, ' I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity,' that ' it would... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...And this for the very reason, which possibly might hinder you coming, that my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was...afford the finest image of a saint expired that ever painter drew ; and it would be the greatest obligation which even that obliging art could ever bestow... | |
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