 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
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 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.' Call it not vain ; they do not err Who say,... | |
 | Walter Riddell Carre - 1876 - 424 pages
...inscription upon it ; but alas it is beginning to show the effects of time, and requires renovating.* 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." " Pringle was born at Blakelaw on the 5th... | |
 | Walter Riddell Carre - 1876 - 402 pages
...inscription upon it ; but alas it is beginning to show the effects of time, and requires renovating.* 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." * Pringle was born at Blakelaw on the 5th... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 pages
...every window was wide open, and so perfectly ft ill 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 his bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." He was buried within the picturesque... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 430 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, w'as distinctly andible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' Call it not vain... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 424 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. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 pages
...v;as wide open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, tho 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.' Coll it not vniu ; they do not err Who Bay,... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1881 - 772 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." I must proceed — The external walls of Abbotsford are adorned with many pld carved stones which have... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1881 - 312 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." 2 Before that time, however, the cloud of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 388 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... | |
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