 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...evening. " I ventured to tell him (says Mr. B.) that I had been, for moments of my life, not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that...to him. He added, that it had been observed, that scarcely any man dies in public but with apparent resolution, from that desire of praise which never... | |
 | William Bailey - United States - 1826 - 244 pages
...children is increased with tales, so is the other. On another occasion, Johnson told Boswell, that he ' never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him.' Personally, where death was out of sight, he was a dauntless man, and many instances of it are related... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1827 - 622 pages
...appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him. that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of sley appealed to his own Collection, and maintained, that though you public, but with apparent resolution; from that desire of praise which never quits us. I said, Dr.... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1831 - 456 pages
..."The approach of death," said he to a friend, "is very dreadful." To another friend he owned, that, "he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him." On another occasion he declared, " I am afraid I shall be one of those who shall be sent to hell, and... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 586 pages
...strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid Jrf dteath; therefore I could suppose another man in • that state of mind for a considerable space of time. JHeJesM^ "'he never had a moment in which death Tvas not terrible to him." He added, that it had been... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Authors, English - 1833 - 164 pages
...repeating those lines of Shakspeare — "To die and go we know not where." He acknowledged to Boswell he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him; and even at the age of sixty-nine he says he had made no approaches to a state in which he could look... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Genius - 1833 - 214 pages
...repeating those lines of Shakspeare— "To die and go we know not where." He acknowledged to Boswell he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him; and even at the age of sixty-nine he says he had made no approaches to a state in which he could look... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Genius - 1833 - 214 pages
...repeating those lines of Shakspeare — "To die and go we know not where." He acknowledged to Boswell he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him ; and even at the age of sixty-nine he says he had made no approaches to a state in which he could... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...appeared strong to-night I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death; therefore I could suppose another man in that...resolution; from that desire of praise which never quite us. I said, Dr. Dodd seemed to be willing to die, and full of hopes of happiness, " Sir," said... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that...it had been observed, that scarce any man dies in public but with apparent resolution ; from that desire of praise which never quits us. I said, Dr.... | |
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The horror of death, which I had always observed in Dr. Johnson, appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, that I had been, for moments in my life, not afraid of death ; therefore I could suppose another man in that state of mind for a considerable... 
