 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
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 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." — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 480 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." — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | Thomas Somerville - 1891 - 320 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." So died, at the age of sixty-one, the most prolific, versatile, and popular of modern authors. No writer... | |
 | 1891 - 1038 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.'' The figure of Scott, unconsciously drawn... | |
 | 1891 - 930 pages
...— and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle tipple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed bis eyes." — Leisure Hour. 202 WINTER. BY OET A KINDLY... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1892 - 270 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 CHAPTER X. ' How wonderful is Death ! Death and his... | |
 | JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...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.'' — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1893 - 274 pages
...Window was wide open, and so per•^ Jfectiy still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear — ^ the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its...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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1894 - 158 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.' It is said that on the last morning of his... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1894 - 306 pages
...window was wide open, and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ears — 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 marbled a more majestic image... | |
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