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" ... person at the point of death, we cannot forbear being attentive to every thing he says or does, because we are sure that some time or other we shall ourselves be in the same melancholy circumstances. The general, the statesman, or the philosopher,... "
The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ... - Page 450
by William Hayley - 1806
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

1803 - 372 pages
...general, the statesjman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in ; but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is, perhaps, for the same kind of reason that few books written in English, have been so much perused...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 412 pages
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act ini but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 3

William Cowper - 1809 - 486 pages
...person commemorated are observed to excite a peculiarity of interest, which Addison has well ex~ plained by saying — " The dying man is one, whom, •sooner...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakcspear, Nothing in his life Became him, like the leaving it : he died As one, that had been studied...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. ÎOO. penned as Dr. Sherlock's Discourse upon Death; though at the same (¡me ( um-i own, (hat he who...
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The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq: With Remarks on ..., Volume 3

William Hayley - 1812 - 464 pages
...human scenes, the conduct and temper of the man, whose loss is deeply felt by all, who perfectly 434 knew him, and whose close of life, in being simply...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakespeare, Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it : he died As one, that had been studied...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Volume 3

William Cowper, William Hayley - 1812 - 456 pages
...human scenes, the conduct and temper of the man, whose loss is deeply felt by all, who perfectly 434 knew him, and whose close of life, in being simply...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakespeare, Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it : he died As one, that had been studied...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne;--Sir Henry Wotton;--Mr. Richard ..., Volume 2

Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...general, the statesman, or the " philosopher, are perhaps characters which we " may never act in ; but the dying man is one " whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly re" seinble." Thus while these instructive pages teach us how to live, they impart a lesson equally...
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The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical ...

1819 - 308 pages
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

1822 - 788 pages
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but er them to the following purin father ' FHAXCIS.' Constantia saw It is, perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much I...
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