. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . his usual morning cup of chocolate;inquired about the wind; and said he would take a walk in the gardens as theweather was so mild; he inquired particularly as to the arrival of the was now between seven and eight, and his body-servant withdrew fromthe room carrying away the chocolate apparatus. As he closed the door heheard a sound as of something falling in the room he had just quitted;thinking that perhaps a billet of wood had fallen from the fireplace, hehurri
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . his usual morning cup of chocolate;inquired about the wind; and said he would take a walk in the gardens as theweather was so mild; he inquired particularly as to the arrival of the was now between seven and eight, and his body-servant withdrew fromthe room carrying away the chocolate apparatus. As he closed the door heheard a sound as of something falling in the room he had just quitted;thinking that perhaps a billet of wood had fallen from the fireplace, hehurried back and found it was the King himself, who had slipped from hisseat to the ground as if in attempting to ring the bell. The King said faintly:Call the Princess Amelia, and thereupon instantly died. * What dost thou fear? To-day is thy life: To-day I know and yesterday, and the days that were, But for to-morrow mine eyes are sightless. For I have seen Doom in the dark, like a blind camel; Those it struck died, and those it missed lived to grow old. From the Arabic of Zuheyr. Authorities : Histories of England. 105. Tin. ,. Emanl. S\\ i:i)K.\RoK(;, From an tu_^r,iThii^ by luiitoshy. No. 50 The Death of Emanuel Swedenborg. Bom 1688. Died 1772. IN August 1771 Swedenborg came from Amsterdam to London, and tookup his abode with one Shearsmith, a wig-maker, at 26 Great Bath Street,Coldbath Fields. Towards the end of the year, a stroke of apoplexydeprived him of speech, and he lay in a lethargic condition for more thanthree weeks, taking no sustenance but a little tea and cold water. At the endof that time he recovered his speech, and his health seemed re-establishedas he was able to eat and drink as usual. He had no medical advice duringhis illness. From the time of this seizure until his death he was visited byvery few friends, and appeared unwilling to see any one. In February 1772the Rev. John Wesley received the following letter from him: February i8th 1772. Sir, I hav
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