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
| 1874 - 808 pages
...attendance on her, he said, and at the same time sweetened it. She died at the great age of ninety-three. " I thank God her death was as easy as her life was innocent," he wrote to Richardson, the painter ; " and, as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is... | |
| 1874 - 780 pages
...attendance on her, he said, and at the same time sweetened it. She died at the great age of ninety-three. " I thank God her death was as easy as her life was innocent," he wrote to Richardson, the painter; "and, as it cost her not a groan, nor even a sigh, there is yet... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...hither. And this for the very reason, which possibly might hinder you commg, that my poor mother is dead. I thank God, her death was as easy as her life was...her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet upon or countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1875 - 598 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 npon her countenance such in expression 'of tranquillity,' that ' it... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 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 Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 pages
...Iliad. Groves whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable. — MILTON. My poor mother is dead; I thank God her death was as easy as her life was innocent. There is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 246 pages
...God," he says, " 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...tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even enviable to behold it. It would afford the finest image of a saint expired that ever painter drew,... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...writing to a painter, with the view of having her portrait taken 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, therejis yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquility that it would... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 240 pages
...amanuensis. Three days after her death he wrote to Richardson, the painter. " I thank God," he says, " 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... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1880 - 238 pages
...amanuensis. Three days after her death he wrote to Eichardson, the painter. " I thank God," he says," 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... | |
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