 To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear ; Who, in his life flattering his senseless pride, By being known to all the world beside, Does not himself, when he is dying, know, Nor what he is, nor whither he's to go.  The Works of the English Poets: Cowley - Page 237by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...SATURDAY, "June 23, 1750. //// mors grain's incuhatt Qu-', netus tiirxis omnibust Ignotus mt/ritur fibi. To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear, •" « Who in his life, flatt'ring his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befide, Does not himfelf, when he is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...fold) Shall make eternal fervitude his fate, And feel a haughty matter's galling weight. FlAHcIB. 2-3 To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear, Who in his life, Hatt'ring his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befide, Does not himfelf, when he is... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...embroider'd be . : With fcutcheon or with elegy. An old plebeian let me dye, Alas, all then are fuch as well as I, To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face...flattering his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the vvorld befide, Does not himfelf, when he. is dying,- know, Nor what he is, nor whither he's to go.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...death embroider'd be With fcutcheon or with elegy. An old plebeian let me dye, Alas, all then are fuch as well as I, To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face...terrible appear : Who, in his life flattering his ienfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befide, Does not himfelf, when he is dying, know,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 pages
...embroider'd be " With fcutcheon or. with elegy.. An old plebeian let me dye, Alas, all then are fujch. as, well as I. • To him, alas, to .him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear ; 1 1 ' Who, in his life flattering his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befide, Does... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...SATURDAY, June 23, 1750. //// man gravis incuhat, £>ui, notus nimis omnibus, Ignotus moritur fili. SENECA. To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear, Who in his life, flatt'ring his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befide, Does not himfelf, when he is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...23, 1750. • ////' mors gravis incubatt ££ui, notus nimis omnibus, Ignotus moriturfeti. SENECA. To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face of death will terrible appear, Who in his life, flatt'ring his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world befiie, Does not himfelf, when he is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...embroider d L;: With fcutcheon or with <-k'7y. An old plebeian let me die, Alas ! all then are fs:ch as well as I. To him, alas, to him, I fear, The face...his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world bcfide, Does not himfelf, when he is dying, know, iMt>r -what he is, nor whither -lie's logo. IV. OF... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1800 - 410 pages
...little to himfelf : " illi mors gravis incubat " Qui, notus nimis omnibus, " Ignotus moritur fibi." " To him, alas ! to him I fear *' The face of death will terrible appear, » Who THE fick, the forrowful, and the difcontented, may find equal relief in Solitude ; it adminifters a... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pages
...To hirn, alas ! to him I fear, The face of death will terribte appear, Who in his life, fiatt'ring his fenfelefs pride, By being known to all the world...Does not himfelf, when he is dying, know, Nor what ht is, nor whither he's to go. • COWLET. I HAVE fhewn, in a late eflay, to what errors men are hourly... | |
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