 | Thomas Otway - English drama (Tragedy) - 1797 - 456 pages
...? &ge. Of no distemper, of no blast lie died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more ; Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 460 pages
...fire, Or water f By assassinates, or poison \ Speak : Or did he languish under some disease ? j£g e. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ;... | |
 | John Walker - Gentleman's magazine (London, England) - 1811 - 646 pages
...Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like Autumn-fruit that mellowed long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropp'd no sooner* Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freely ran he on ten Winters more ; Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, wheels of weary Life at l^st stood... | |
 | 1811 - 644 pages
..." Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like Autumu-fruit that mellowed long, EVn wondered at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up tor fourscore years, Yet freely ran he on ten Winters more ; Till, like a clock worn out with eating... | |
 | John Walker - Gentleman's magazine (London, England) - 1811 - 638 pages
...But fell like Autumn-fruit that mellowed long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Kate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freely ran he on ten Winters more ; Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, It has been stated that his age... | |
 | John Walker - 1814 - 638 pages
...Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn-fruit that mellowed long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up lor fourscore years, Yet freely ran he on ten winters more ; 'Till, like a clock worn out with eating... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1818 - 724 pages
...faculties nearly to the la>t. I'o him the lines of Dryden, in "CEdipus," may with justice be applied : " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell, like Autumn fruit that mellow'd long, [sooner ! Kv'n wonder'd at, because he drop'd no Fate seeni'd to wind him up for fourscore y;'ars,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...no blast he dy'd, But fell like autumn-fruit that mellow'd long: E/n wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : 'Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary... | |
 | 1820 - 394 pages
...no blast he dy'd, But fell like autumn-fruit that mellow'd long: Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary... | |
 | Sophocles - 1821 - 76 pages
...violence will bow The languid limbs of age ! Oed. Disease then crush'd the good old monarch ? Aeg. Of no distemper — of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Oed. Tis well ! What blinded wretch will now regard Altars... | |
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E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. 
