stroke of death
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Then call it not our cruelty, nor crime; Deem us not deaf to woe, nor blind to beauty, That, thus constrain'd, we speed the stroke of death.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Samuel Johnson
But, would you save me from the stroke of death, If you would not behold your daughter, stretch'd, A poor pale corse, and breathless at your feet, Oh, step between me and this cruel mandate!
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Robert Jephson
I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the publick stock of harmless pleasure.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
Let us not despair, though we may weep over the companions of our pilgrimage, slain at our side by the irresistible stroke of death.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
A chord was touched which vibrated in unison; boyish days and school recollections crowded upon me; pleasures long vanished; feelings long stifled; and p. 91friendships—aye, everlasting friendships—cut asunder by the sharp stroke of death!
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Charles Martin Hardie
