 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 436 pages
...clergy, that became us. There were two remarkable circumstances hi his death. He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should...and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it. He added, that the officious tenderness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying man ; and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 680 pages
...P. 589. Burnct. " There were two remarkable circumstances in Leightoun's death. He used often to say that if he were to choose a place to die in it should...a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. He added that the officious tenderness... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1859 - 768 pages
...Anno Dmj 1684, ^Etatis suae 74. Two remarkable circumstances attended his death. He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn, it looking so like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn. It was his opinion also, that... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1860 - 478 pages
...expressed in his lifetime this singular wish as to the place of his death : — " If I had the power to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn. Do any ask me why ? Because this looks like a pilgrim's going home, to whom the whole world is hut... | |
 | John Timbs - Death - 1861 - 302 pages
...: He often used to say that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an Inn. It looked like a Pilgrim's going Home, to whom this world was...and who was weary of the noise' and confusion in it. He added that the officious tenderness and care of friends was an entanglement to a dying man ; and... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 360 pages
...into Sussex, and there devoted the residue of his life to charity and devotion. He used often to say " that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be in an inn ; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 880 pages
...Commonwealth, Leighton won the affections of even the most rigid Presbyterians. • He used often to say, ng all my faults, I love plain dealing, and never...of it than when it tells me of a fault." " Then, ma t!i ii world was aH as an inn, and who was weary of the tii use and confusion in it. He added that... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - Anecdotes - 1863 - 520 pages
...expressed in his lifetime this singular wish as to the place of his death : — " If I had th ^ power to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn Do any ask me why ? Because 26 * 23 this looks like a pilgrim's going home, to whom tin whole world... | |
 | William Chambers - Peeblesshire (Scotland) - 1864 - 608 pages
...lived and died among them. There were two remarkable circumstances in his death. He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should...inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion of it. And he obtained what he desired, for he died at the Bell Inn in Warwick Lane. Another circumstance... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...by a good tavern or inn. — JOHKSON. Boswelts Life, (1766.) Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn. PHILIPS. — AKENSIDE. — GARRICK. 237 JOHN PHILIPS. 1676-1708. My galligaskins, that have long withstood... | |
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He used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn; it looking like a pilgrim's going home, to whom this world was all as an inn, and who was weary of the noise and confusion in it. 
