 September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, — so warm that every window was wide open, — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of...  Poems - Pagina 128di Thomas William Parsons - 1854 - 189 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1837 - 392 pagine
...all night — GOD bless you all.' * * About half-past one p. M., on the 21 st of September, Sir 122 Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. We here drop the curtain: not, however, without strongly recommending a perusal of the volume to our... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pagine
...September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful dny — so warm that every window was wide open — and so...bed. and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Such was the termination of a great and good man's career, hastened, no doubt, by a dangerous and inordinate... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 510 pagine
...presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day—so warm that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose:— KtiTo ('.-.yaz fityxbari, kikcttrftittf... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 384 pagine
...obtained anew leave of absence from their posts, and both reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About halfpast one PM, on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — Almost every newspaper that announced... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 380 pagine
...obtained anew leave of absence from their posts, and both reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About halfpast one PM, on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — KHTO fifyatf fLiyct^aitfri, XsX«<r«;voj... | |
 | 1839 - 418 pagine
...leave of absence from their posts, and both reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one p. M., on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind of every reader of these Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1839 - 420 pagine
...leave of absence from their posts, and both reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one p. M., on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind of every reader of these Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 386 pagine
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every windowwas wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — Almost every newspaper that announced... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pagine
...with this he sank into a very tranquil sleep About half past one PM on the 21st of September (1832), Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. 1 Another day, and a bright one to the external world, again opens on us: the air soft, and the flowers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagine
...the furrow.' ' About half-past one, p. si.,' says Mr Lock• ¡ hart, 'on the 21st of September 1832, 0. Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, ilute nature mourns her worshipper,... | |
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