Death-Bed

And then, as one misfortune seldom comes alone, my Husband, whilst I was in this condition, dy'd; who while he liv'd, allow'd me some small Maintenance; but hearing on his Death-Bed the Misfortune that had then befallen me, he became so exasperated against me, he only left me

The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women Anonymous

Cardinal _Beaufort_, who had murder'd the Duke of _Gloucester_, is shewn in the last Agonies on his Death-Bed, with the good King praying over him.

Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) Nicholas Rowe

Once upon a Time a Base Ball Fan lay on his Death-Bed.

Fables in Slang George Ade 1905

In the sonnet, _When I shall be divorced_, Mr Arnold tried the Elizabethan vein with less success than in his Shakespeare piece; and _Self-Deception_ and _Lines written by a Death-Bed_, with some beauty have more monotony.

Matthew Arnold George Saintsbury 1889

In one of his own poems, "The Death-Bed," how sweetly he sang:

The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. By Wm. Wells Brown. With a Memoir of the Author. 1855

Meeting between a Mother and her Son -- A Death-Bed that the Great might envy -- Phil experiences a Specimen of the Pressure from without -- Retribution -- The Death of Valentine M'Clutchy.

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

Gloucester, is shewn in the last Agonies on his Death-Bed, with the good King praying over him.

Some Account of the Life of Mr William Shakespear Rowe, Nicholas 1709

The Death-Bed shews the Emptiness of Titles in a true Light.

The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

_Matches in our Town; but my Mother (Gods Peace be with her) charged me upon her Death-Bed to marry a Gentlewoman, one who had been well trained up in Sowing and Cookery.

The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

A Countryman that liv'd Handfomly in the World Him - felf upon his Honeft Labour and Induftry, was defirous his Sons fhould do fo After Tim, • and being now upon his Death-Bed: £ My Dear Children (fays he) I reckon my felf Bound to tell you before I depart, that there is a Confiderable Treafure Hid in my Vineyard.

Fables of Æsop, and other eminent mythologists : with morals and reflexions. 1692