...like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more ; Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood...

...fire, Or water f By assassinates, or poison \ Speak : Or did he languish under some disease ? j£g e. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore...

...fell like autumn-fruit that mellowed long ; Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. VOL. VI. N Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood...

...faculties nearly to the la>t. I'o him the lines of Dryden, in "CEdipus," may with justice be applied : " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell, like Autumn fruit that mellow'd long, [sooner ! Kv'n wonder'd at, because he drop'd no Fate seeni'd to wind him up for fourscore...

...fell like autumn-fruit that mellow'd long: E/n wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : 'Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last...

...violence will bow The languid limbs of age ! Oed. Disease then crush'd the good old monarch ? Aeg. Of no distemper — of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Oed. Tis well ! What blinded wretch will...

...this had been force, And force upon free-will hath here no place. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 9. AGE. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Even wonder' d at because, he dropt no sooner ; Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore...

...in the same posture, with the book under his chin, as a man who becomes drowsy and goes to sleep. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long ; E'en wonder'il at because he falls no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore...

...retaining a good degree of mental vigor and physical activity to within a few days of his death. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because it falls no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for four score...

...fell like autumn-fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : Till, like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood...