 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 - Page 291publié par - 1856Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1843 - 834 pages
...ear, the gentle ripple ofthe Tweedoverits pehhles, was distinctly andihle as we knelt around the hed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No...sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose." * We must here unwillingly conclnde our account of Mr Scrope's volume, although we have scarcely eveu... | |
 | 1837 - 392 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. We here drop the curtain: not, however, without... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...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 its pebbles,....bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Of Sir W. Scott's family we would say a few words. He had two sons and two daughters. The elder daughter... | |
 | 1839 - 418 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1839 - 420 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 384 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 380 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pages
...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 its pebbles,...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Upon the banks of that river, once the frontier of Scotland, and famed in its song and story, there... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 pages
...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 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 pages
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. 1 Another day, and a bright one to the external... | |
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