 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pagina’s
...appeareil 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 > considerable space of time. He said, ' He never had a moment in which death wa« not terrible to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pagina’s
...appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, 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 almost no man dies in publick, but with apparent resolution ; from that desire of praise which never... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pagina’s
...appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, 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 almost no man dies in publick, but with apparent resolution ; from that desire of praise which never... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pagina’s
...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...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. Dodd... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 pagina’s
...Macpherson shows how utterly impossible it was to intimidate him. Yet he had a great horror of death. He said he never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him. Being told that Dr. Dodd seemed willing to die, and full of hopes of happiness, " Sir," said he, "... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pagina’s
...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...never had a moment in which death was not terrible to him3.' He added, that it had been observed, that and Courthope's Pope's Works, ix. 162. 1 ' It is the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 544 pagina’s
...appeared strong to-night. I ventured to tell him, 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 almost no man dies in publick, but with apparent resolution ; from that desire of praise which never... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 464 pagina’s
...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... 
