 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
 | William Russell - 1882 - 328 pages
...window was wide open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most de^ licious to the ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. XIII. SPECIMEN OF THE ELOQUENCE OF JOHN... | |
 | William Russell - 1882 - 332 pages
...window was wide open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to the ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. XIII. SPECIMEN OF THE ELOQUENCE OF JOHN... | |
 | Francis Thayer Russell - 1882 - 330 pages
...window was wide open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to the ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. XIII. SPECIMEN OF THE ELOQUENCE OF JOHN... | |
 | William Russell - 1882 - 332 pages
...window was wide open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to the ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly andible as we knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. XIII. SPECIMIIN OF... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 426 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." He was buried at Dryburgh Abbey, but it may... | |
 | Thomas Page (schoolmaster.) - 1883 - 146 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," 2ist September, 1832. His principal poems... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 602 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," 2ist September, 1832. His principal poems... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 430 pages
...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 bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." He was buried at Dryburgh Abbey, but it may... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 682 pages
...house was o]«n— and »o perfectly still that the sound of all others m '»st delightful to his ears, early violets die, Under the willow. CHORUS. Eltv. loro, arc. Soft shall ая \ve knelt around the bed, and his eldest вон kissed and closed his eyes." Sad to »;iy, in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 544 pages
...every window was 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." — Lockharfs Lije, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
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