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" His death was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced, or affected. He did not look upon the severing of his head from his body as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of his mind ; and as he died under... "
The Life of Sir Thomas More - Page xviii
by William Roper - 1822 - 195 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1726 - 332 pages
...that Good-Humour with which he had always entertained his Friends in the moll ordinary Occurrences. His Death was of a Piece with his Life. There was...new, forced or affected. He did not look upon the fevering of his Head from his Body as a Circumitance that ought to produce any Change in the Difpofition...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1739 - 312 pages
...that Good-Humour with which he had always entertained his Friends in the moft ordinary Occurrences. His Death was of a piece with his Life. There was nothing in it new, forced or affedted. He did not look upon the fevering his Head from his Body as a Circumilance that ought to...
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Utopia: Containing an Impartial History of the Manners, Customs ..., Volume 2

Saint Thomas More - Utopias - 1808 - 334 pages
...that good humour with which he had always entertained his friends, in the most ordinary occurrences. His death was of a piece with his life. There was...forced, or affected. He did not look upon the severing of his head from his body as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Thomas More: Lord High Chancellor of England, in ...

Ferdinando Warner - Christian martyrs - 1758 - 426 pages
...that good Humour with which he had always entertained his Friends in the moft ordinary Occurrences. His " Death was of a Piece with his Life. There. "...new, forced, or affected» " He did not look upon the fevering his Head " from his Body, as a Circumftance that " ought to produce any Change in the Dif"...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into ...

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...innocent mirth which had been so conspicuous in Sir Thomas More's life did not forsake him to the last. His death was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced, or affected.' The Spectator, No. 349. Young also thought, or at least, wrote differently. • A death-bed's a detector...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1786 - 670 pages
...humour wiih which he had always entertained his friends in the moll ordinary occurrences. His deatii was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced, or affefted. H; did not look upon the fevering his head from his body as a circumltance that ought to...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...entertained his friends in the most ordinary occurrences. His death was of a piece with his life. There is nothing in it new, forced, or affected. He did not look upon the severing of his head from his body as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volume 1

1808 - 306 pages
...that good humour with which he had always entertained his friends in the most ordinary occurrences. His death was of a piece with his life : there was...He did not look upon the severing his head from his hody as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of his mind ; and as he...
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The British Essayists, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 398 pages
...that good humour with which he had always entertained his friends in the most ordinary occurrences. His death was of a. piece with his life. There was...affected. He did not look upon the severing his head from hie body as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of his mind ; and as...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius: Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...dying heroe, miserably witty," • that excellent man, Mr. Addison, undertook his defence as follows: " His death was of . a piece with his life ; there was nothing in it new, forced, or affected. He saw nothing in death to put him from his ordinary humour, and as/he died under a fixed and settled...
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