stroke of death

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Frequently the last stroke of death is not given by that ailment that has been threatening through life.

From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard

Here calm they drew their parting breath, Soul-weary of their country's woes, Here, fearless, in the stroke of death Met honour,—victory,—repose.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John

It quivers like the one last response of life in ecstasy of pain at the final stroke of death; it shines like the pure flame of being burning up earthly sense with one fierce flash.

From Gitanjali by Tagore, Rabindranath

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 Johnson, Samuel

Or could esteem and love preserve our breath, And guard us longer from the stroke of death, The stroke of death on him had later fell, Whom all mankind esteem’d and lov’d so well.”

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William