stroke of death

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All men must bear what chance or fate may bring, The sudden peril and the stroke of death; But shall the ruler of the world attempt The raging ocean?

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

The occasion I will communicate to you by-and-by: for nothing but the flutters given by the stroke of death could divert my first attention from the sad and solemn contents of your last favour.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel

The prince repaired to Delft for the ceremony of his inauguration, the price of his long labors; but there, instead of anticipated dignity, he met the sudden stroke of death.

From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley

At the moment of transformation, Hamet was seized with a sudden languor, and his faculties were suspended as by the stroke of death.

From Almoran and Hamet by Hawkesworth, John

Then, in whatever terrible pang that such sudden stroke of death visits, it flung itself backward, the girths snapping from its distended belly.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)