...the church in Windham ; and, near 27 years, the laborious and faithful president of the college, and, having served his own generation, by the will of God,...with serenity and calmness, he fell on sleep, the 7 day of January, 1767, in his 64 year. Death, great proprietor of all, 'Tis thine to tread out empires...

...conscientious, upright, and sincere : he lived universally respected, and died deservedly lamented. Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empires, and to quench the stars. The Sun himself by thy permission shines And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere....

...conscientious, upright, and sincere : he lived universally respected, and died deservedly lamented. Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empires, and to quench the stars. The Sun himself by thy permission shines And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere....

...in Windham ; and near twenty-seven years, the laborious and principal President of the College, and having served his own generation, by the will of God,...7th day of January, 1767, in his sixty-fourth year. Literary character of President Clap, as delineated by Doctor Stiles, from the appendix to Holmes'...

...no trifler ; when he demands his due it must be paid, and his receipt in full is " bliss or Ule." " Death, great proprietor of all, 'tis thine To tread out empires and to quench the sfcue." * Miss Biddy, however, seemed prepared to contest his supremacy, and was at least determined...

...the best of Friends, and an ornament of the Ministry. And having served his generation faithfully, by the will of God, with serenity and calmness he fell on sleep Feb. ye 10, 1789, in the 75th year of his age and the 48d of his ministry. " Death ! Great Proprietor...

...in Windham ; and near twenty-seven years, the laborious and principal President of the College, and served his own generation by the will of God, with serenity and calmness, he fell on, sleep, the 7lh day of January, 1767, in his sixty-fourth year. " Death, great proprietor of all, 'Tis thine to...

...in Windham ;' and near twenty-seven years, the laborious and principal President of the College, and having served his own generation, by the will of God,...7th day of January, 1767, in his sixty-fourth year. 91 Literary character of President Clap, as delineated by Doctor Stiles, from the appendix to Holmes'...

...MONOTONE is a uniformity of sound on a succession of syllables. It is marked thus, ( ~ ). EXAMPLES. 1. Death! Great proprietor of all ! 'tis thine To tread out empires, and to quench the stars. 2. He weeps ! — the falling drop puts out the sun: He sighs 1 — the sigh earth's deep foundations...

...spiral lines, Though both are dead." On the Eev. Samuel Newel's tomb, at Bristol (1789), we find: " Death! Great Proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out Empires, and to quench y e Stars." But whether Mr. Newel is complimented as an empire, or a star, the sorrowing reader is...