English: Identifier:Title: Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits

Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Lewin, Thomas Herbert, 1839-1916 Subjects: Death Portraits Celebrities Publisher: London : Constable and Co. Ltd.

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Text Appearing Before Image: n of pain for the first time crossedhis face, but he uttered no sound. At that moment the Kaishaku, who, stillcrouching by his side, had been keenly watching his every movement, sprangto his feet, poised his sword for a second in the air; there was a flash, a heavythud; with one blow the head had been severed from the body. A dead silence followed, broken only by the noise of the blood throbbingout of the inert heap before us, which but a moment before had been a braveliving man. The Kaishaku made a low bow, wiped his sword with a piece ofpaper which he had ready for the purpose, and retired from the raised floor,the stained dirk being solemnly borne away as a proof of the execution. The two representatives of the Mikado then left their places, and crossingover to where the foreign witnesses sat, called on us to witness that thesentence of death upon Taki Zenzaburo had been faithfully carried out. Theceremony being at an end, we left the temple. Authority: Mitfords Talcs of Old Japan.

Text Appearing After Image: Iitoto. h. Hriiif.-ninun. Ak IHIR S( lh)|l:NH MKk. No. 88 The Death of Arthur Schopenhauer. Born at Dantzig2 2nd February 1788. Died at Frankfort 21stSeptember i860. SCHOPENHAUER enjoyed to the last the full vigour of health whichconfirmed his own expectations of a long- life in which to carry onhis work. His manner of living was strictly regulated by the ruleswhich he had prescribed for himself, and his habits were abstemious andfrugal. In short, he was desperately anxious to live in order to carry out hislifes labour, and complete his explanation of this worlds philosophy—of thewhy, whence, and whither of mans existence. Suddenly on a day in Aprili860, when he was on his way home from the restaurant where he usuallydined, he became conscious of a painful palpitation of the heart, and aconsequent difficulty in breathing. These symptoms of weakness in themainspring of his body recurred frequently, so that he was compelled torestrict his walks, and generally speaking to go more gentl

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