stroke of death

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However much the stroke of death may be expected, it never arrives without a violent shock to the feelings of all around.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

From all which the stroke of death hath relieved me.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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

Madeline's hands could not deck your bosom for the battle; though, in her own breast, she would receive the stroke of death to shield it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various

I have all I love; nor would the stroke of death Be wholly bitter, with you standing by.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles