 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
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1884 - 376 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 oldest son kissed and closed his eyes.—JG LOCKHART ("Life of Scott"). 1 Brown (John,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 814 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. —... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 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 hia eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 366 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." Perhaps no higher tribute was ever paid to... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1885 - 378 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 oldest son kissed and closed his eyes. — JG LOCKHART ("Life of Scott"). The lasl... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1885 - 446 pages
...window was wide open — and so perfectly Btill 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." Death of Marmion. that, straight up the hill... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 260 pages
...wide open, and the air so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to the poet's ear — the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly heard, as his children knelt round his bed, and his eldest son kissed, and closed his eyes." Quitting... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 446 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.' " Upon his death his life insurance reduced... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 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." Rebecca's Description of the Siege. In the... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1887 - 248 pages
...open — and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gertle 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.' CHAPTEE X. ' How wonderful is Death ! Death... | |
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