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 the Tweed over... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Seite 184herausgegeben von - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1840 - 566 Seiten
...the darkened chamber. " It was," says his biographer, " a beautiful day — so warm that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around his bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Upon the banks of that river, once the frontier... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 Seiten
...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...over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the bed, and his oldest son kissed and closed his eyes." " And now His silent all — Enchanter,... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 Seiten
...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,...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 Seiten
...his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window P 0. 8 0. Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, ilute nature mourns her worshipper,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every windowwas d ˏ # ( 2լ G7 3 6 Q :)' BF a ۔ )...8 3 = | d "V: \ N h ^ > V u 1 1 z ݳ bl , Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say, that when the poet dies, Mute nature mourns her worshipper,... | |
| Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 Seiten
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was open — and so perfectly still that the sound, of all others most de348 * GENIUS OF SCOTLAND. Itcious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 Seiten
...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...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 this... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, misc.]) - 1848 - 130 Seiten
...September, 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...Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as they knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. CHAPTER III. FLORA MAC IVOR.... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 Seiten
...to anticipate ! " It was," says Mr. Lockhart, '• a beautiful day : so warm that every window was open : and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear. the pentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and... | |
| University magazine - 1848 - 824 Seiten
...his last, in the presence of all his children. It wa» 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 car, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible, as we knelt around the... | |
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