| Mrs. Monkland - 1839 - 232 Seiten
...him speak of the late Mr. Mowbray with respect and regret. He once spent some weeks at the Rector}', but it was at a time when I was confined to my room,...twelve months afterwards. His death was thought to he expedited by some severe losses he sustained in his West India property." "So I understand," replied... | |
| Horatio Bridge - 1893 - 236 Seiten
...towards the White Mountains, the volume of his life was closed. The sad news reached me in Washington at a time when I was confined to my room by an accident, and I could not join the little band of devoted friends who mournfully bore his body to its... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1922 - 420 Seiten
...prevents my replying to the particulars of it, though I may to the general purport. I received your letter at a time when I was confined to my room by an indisposition that has afflicted me for many months, and has rendered me incapable of attending to... | |
| 1892 - 1010 Seiten
...towards the White Mountains, the volume of his life was closed. The sad news reached me in Washington at a time when I was confined to my room by an accident, and I could not have the melancholy privilege of looking once more on that loved face. Nor... | |
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