 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...  The New York Review - Page 182edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 832 pages
...last, in the presence of all his children. " It was a heantiful day," we have heen elsewhere told, " so warm that every window was wide open, and so perfectly...others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple ofthe Tweedoverits pehhles, was distinctly andihle as we knelt around the hed, and his eldest son kissed... | |
 | 1837 - 392 pages
...the 21 st of September, Sir 122 Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. We here drop the curtain: not, however, without... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pages
...September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful dny — so warm that every window was wide open — and so...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed. and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Such was the termination of a great and good... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 510 pages
...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...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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...the" 21st [of September, Sir Walter Scott breathed his last in the presence of his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was....bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Of Sir W. Scott's family we would say a few words. He had two sons and two daughters. The elder daughter... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1839 - 420 pages
...on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 380 pages
...on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was...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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 384 pages
...on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window was...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... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 386 pages
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every windowwas wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound...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... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 pages
...the 21st of September, Sir Walter Scott breathed his last in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day : so warm that every window was wide...over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the bed, and his oldest son kissed and closed his eyes." " And now His silent all — Enchanter,... | |
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