 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 oldal
...body, that in the course of nature, he might have attained, like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose...work was done; nor ought he to be lamented, who died BO full of honours, and at the height of human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr;... | |
 | 1840 - 506 oldal
...'The death of Nelson,' says Southey, 'was felt in England as a public calamity ; yet he cannot be eaid to have fallen prematurely whose work was done, nor...full of honours and at the height of human fame.' (James's Naval History; Southey 's Life of Nelson; Sir J. Mackintosh.) NELUMBIA'CE^E, a natural order... | |
 | Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 oldal
...might have lived to a great ago. Sonthcy's conclusion is not less true than sublime. " He cannot bo said to have fallen prematurely, whose work was done,...fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; tho most awful that of the martyred patriot; tho most splendid that of tho hero in the hour of victory;... | |
 | 1854 - 504 oldal
...body, that, in the course of nature, he might have attained, like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely, whose...nor ought he to be. lamented, who died so full of honors, and at the height of human fame. CASABIANCA.* The boy otood on the burning deck, Whence all... | |
 | Richard Ford - 1855 - 522 oldal
...only 47 years old : "yet," says Southey, " he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose work woe done, nor ought he to be lamented who died so full of honours at the height of human fame, and if the chariot and the horses of fire liad been vouchsafed for Nelson's... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 880 oldal
...like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose work wa< done; nor ought he to be lamented, who died so full...human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the maityr; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour... | |
 | 1859 - 774 oldal
...on this sentence in Southey's account of Nelson's early death :— " He cannot be said to have died prematurely whose work " was done, nor ought he to...full of " honours, and at the height of human fame." Value 9. ecr Bengalee. No. I. CT f<rc5T^ tr?r }^T:*T ?rc?r T <rTsrr?r or wrf? slita STWI u Anawer the... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 oldal
...body, that in the course of nature he might have attained, like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose...is that of the martyr ; the most awful, that of the martvred patriot ; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 332 oldal
...with a saying, then constant with the seamen—'Aft the most honor, forward the better man.'" Southey, "he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose work was done, or ought he to be lamented who died so full of honors, and at the height of human fame." ROBERT BERKS,... | |
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The most triumphant death is that of a martyr; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory... 
