. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . eral of the poor, who came from a distance and who were usuallyentertained under his roof, lingered about the house and expressed a wish thatthey might see their expiring pastor. Their desire was granted: the door ofhis chamber was set open, dii-ectly opposite to which he was sitting upright inhis bed with the curtains undrawn, unaltered in his usual venerable appearance,and they passed along the gallery one by one pausing at the door to lookupon him for the last time. A
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . eral of the poor, who came from a distance and who were usuallyentertained under his roof, lingered about the house and expressed a wish thatthey might see their expiring pastor. Their desire was granted: the door ofhis chamber was set open, dii-ectly opposite to which he was sitting upright inhis bed with the curtains undrawn, unaltered in his usual venerable appearance,and they passed along the gallery one by one pausing at the door to lookupon him for the last time. A few hours after this extraordinary scene hebreathed his last without a struggle or a groan, in perfect peace, and in thefullness of faith and of hope. Such was the death of Jean Guillaume de laFlechere, or, as he may be more properly designated in this his adopted country,Fletcher of Madeley—a man of whom Methodism may well be proud as themost able of its defenders, and whom the Church of England may hold inhonourable remembrance as one of the most pious and excellent of her sons. Authority: Southeys Life of l-RKDEKICK THK an engraving. No. 59 The Death of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederickthe Great. Born 1712. Died 1786. TUESDAY 15th August 1786. Contrary to all wont, the King didnot awaken till eleven oclock. On first looking up he seemed in aconfused state, but soon recovered himself; called in his Generalsand his Secretaries, who had been in waiting so long, and gave with his oldprecision the orders wanted; one to Rohdich, Commandant of Potsdam,about a review of the troops there next day: order minutely perfectin knowledgeof the ground, in foresight of what and how the evolutions were to be: whichwas accordingly performed on the morrow. The Cabinet work he wentthrough with the like possession of himself, giving, on every point, his threeclerks their directions in a weak voice yet with the old power of spirit. OnWednesday morning General Adjutant
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