 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 1841840Full view - About this book
 | 1868 - 612 pages
...21st of September, 1832, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm that every window was wide...Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as they knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' So lived and died one of... | |
 | 1868 - 850 pages
...21st of September, 1832, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It wae a beautiful day, so warm that every window was wide...Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as they knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' So lived and died one of... | |
 | 1868 - 624 pages
...21st of September, 1832, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm that every window was wide...Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as they knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' So lived and died one of... | |
 | 1868 - 608 pages
...21st of September, 1832, 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 tho sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, — so warm that every window waa wide open, — and so perfectly still that the sound...his bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes."1 It now remains to speak of the character of the writings of this most gifted genius and prolific... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breath'ed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day ; so warm that every window was wide...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. § 68. The Colloquial Style. (See § 52.) 1.... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1870 - 502 pages
...when, on the 21st of September, the honoured head lay down in its melancholy last slumber on that " beautiful day, so warm that every window was wide...of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle 1 This club is mentioned in a letter from Dr. Clarltson, one of its members, to Sir JY Simpson, Bart.... | |
 | Cornelia Catherine Joy Dyer - 1873 - 316 pages
...God bless you all," upon his lips, he breathed his last. "It was a beautiful day," says Lockhart, — "so warm that every window was wide open, and so perfectly...bed, and his eldest son kissed, and closed his eyes." As we stood, in silence, by that open window, with the Tweed still rippling over its pebbly bed, it... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 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...pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed hU eyes." 29 The funeral took place on the 26th September,... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1871 - 156 pages
...the 21st of September 1832, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm that every window was wide...Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly audible as they knelt round the bed, and his eldest son kissed him and closed his eyes. So lived and died one... | |
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