stroke of death

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A chord was touched which vibrated in unison; boyish days and school recollections crowded upon me; pleasures long vanished; feelings long stifled; and friendships—aye, everlasting friendships—cut asunder by the sharp stroke of death!

From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth

All men must bear what chance or fate may bring, The sudden peril and the stroke of death; But shall the ruler of the world attempt The raging ocean?

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

But say, great bassa, why the sultan's anger, Burning in vain, delays the stroke of death?

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

The occasion I will communicate to you by-and-by: for nothing but the flutters given by the stroke of death could divert my first attention from the sad and solemn contents of your last favour.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel

A sadness hangs over the little company, for since their arrival the stroke of death has more than once fallen; we find in Bradford's brief record that by the 24th of December six had died.

From Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England by Stowe, Harriet Beecher