. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . countenance as steadfastly as I could till the cloth covered it, to see if I couldobserve the smallest symptom of fear or alarm, but there was not a trace ofit. My own spirits sank, and I stept into my palanquin, but before I wasseated he had given the signal, and the stage was removed. I could observe,when I was a little recovered, that his arms lay back in the same position inwhich I saw them first tied; nor could I see any contortion on that side ofhis mouth and face w
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . countenance as steadfastly as I could till the cloth covered it, to see if I couldobserve the smallest symptom of fear or alarm, but there was not a trace ofit. My own spirits sank, and I stept into my palanquin, but before I wasseated he had given the signal, and the stage was removed. I could observe,when I was a little recovered, that his arms lay back in the same position inwhich I saw them first tied; nor could I see any contortion on that side ofhis mouth and face which was visible. In a word, his steadiness, composure,and resolution throughout the whole of this melancholy transaction wereequal to any examples of fortitude I have ever read or heard of. The bodywas taken down after hanging the usual time, and delivered to the Brahminstor burning. Note.—The writer, Mr. Alexander Mackrabie, died on 29th November 1776. See entryin the journal of his brother-in-law, Mr. Philip Francis ( Echoes, p. 163). Authorities: Busteeds Echoes from Old Calcutta, and Stephens Story of David /?roiii an engraving by II. Holt after a picture by Allen Ramsay. No. 53 The Death of David Hume. Bom 26th April 25th August 1776. WRITING in April 1776, giving an account of his lifes work,David Hume recorded as follows: In the spring of 1775 I was struck with a disorder of thebowels [diarrhcEa] which at first gave me no alarm, but has since, as Iapprehend it, become mortal and incurable. I now reckon upon a speedy-dissolution. I have suffered very little pain from my disorder and what ismore strange have, notwithstanding the great decline in my person, neversuffered a moments abatement of my spirits; insomuch that were I to namethe period of my life which I should most choose to pass over again, I mightbe tempted to point to this latter period. I possess the same ardour as everin study, and the same gaiety in company. I consider besides,
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