| 1846 - 612 pages
...dying, he called his son-in-law Mr. Lockhart, to him, and said, " Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man ; be virtuous...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." SUGAR. anticipated. The canes grew as high and large as in the West Indies, but when the usual time... | |
| 1837 - 392 pages
...trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. ' Lockhart,' he said, ' I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...paused, and I said, ' Shall I send for Sophia and Anne Г — ' No,' said he, ' don't disturb them. Poor souls ! I know they were up all night — GOD bless... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 512 pages
...trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. " Lockhart," he said " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...he, " don't disturb them. Poor souls ! I know they 394 LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. were up all night — God bless you all." — With this he sunk into... | |
| John Alexander Ballantyne - 1838 - 472 pages
...said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." — {Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his deathbed, addressed this... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 94 pages
...said. Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...give you any comfort when you come to lie here."— (Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his deathbed, addressed this... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1838 - 830 pages
...of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. •• Lockhart," he said, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days ; but immediately relapsed into a state... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 pages
...said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-inlaw was called to his death-bed, 'I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.' " This is a touching fragment of a most solemn scene. The dying words of Scott should beheld more sacred,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1838 - 826 pages
...he said, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous — b« religious — be a good man. Nothing else will give you, any comfort when you come to lie here." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days; but immediately relapsed into a state... | |
| 1838 - 116 pages
..." I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man—be virtuous—be religious—be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here."—(Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his death-bed, addressed... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 512 pages
...may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man—be virtuous—be religi- . ous—be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here."—He paused, and I said, " Shall I send for Sophia and Anne?"—" No," said he, " don't disturb... | |
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