 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...window waa 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,...his bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes."1 It now remains to speak of the character of the writings of this most gifted genius and prolific... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 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 around the bed and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. § 68. The Colloquial Style. (See § 52.) 1.... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1870 - 502 pages
...This club is mentioned in a letter from Dr. Clarltson, one of its members, to Sir JY Simpson, Bart. ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, an.d his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes."1 Before that time, however, the cloud of... | |
 | Cornelia Catherine Joy Dyer - 1873 - 316 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." As we stood, in silence, by that open window, with the Tweed still rippling over its pebbly bed, it... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 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 around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed hU eyes." 29 The funeral took place on the 26th September,... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 564 pages
...children, he died "at the precise age of sixty-one years, one month, and six days," while his family "knelt around his bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." " No sculptor," continued Mr. Lockhart, " ever modelled a more majestic image of repose. " Almost every newspaper that... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1871 - 156 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 they knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed him and closed his eyes. So lived and died one... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 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." Attended by all his children, he died "at the precise age of sixty-one years, one month, and six days,"... | |
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1872 - 132 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 around the bed ; and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' — LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 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 the family knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. His remains were laid... | |
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