 No, Robin, I am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs.  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 394by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | George Bagshawe Harrison - 1999 - 436 pages
...continue. She took him by the hand and wrung it hard, saying, ' No, Robin, I am not well ' ; and discoursed of her indisposition and that her heart had been sad...heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse fetching not so few as forty or fifty great sighs. Nor could Sir Robert move her from this melancholy... | |
 | Elin Sand - 2000 - 552 pages
...and my preservation of peace. I found her sitting low upon her cushions, she took me by the hand and wrung it hard and said, 'No. Robin, I am not well';...ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched forty or fifty great sighs. I was grieved at the first to see her in this plight, for in all my lifetime... | |
 | Dean Smart - 2005 - 56 pages
...took me by the hand, and wrung it hard; and said, ... 'Robin l am not well!' and then [told] me ... that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days; and [gave] forty or fifty sighs. l was grieved, at the first, to see her in this plight: for, in all my... | |
 | Thomas Page Anderson - 2006 - 252 pages
...Elizabeth's dying moment reveals the way that the execution haunts the scene of Elizabeth's death: ... in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighes. I was grieved at first to see her in this plight; for in all my life-time before I never knew... | |
 | Elizabeth H. Hageman, Katherine Conway - 2007 - 306 pages
...to see her in safety and in health, which I wished might long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, "No, Robin, I am not well,"...few as forty or fifty great sighs. I was grieved at die first to see her in diis plight; for in all my lifetime before I never knew her fetch a sigh, but... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - 1913 - 334 pages
...see her in safety and in health, 201 which I wished might long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard ; and said ' No, Robin, I am not well...the first, to see her in this plight: for, in all my lifetime before, I never knew her fetch a sigh, but when the Queen of Scots was beheaded; then, upon... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - 1891 - 504 pages
...I wished might long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, " No, Robin, / am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition,...the first to see her in this plight, for in all my lifetime before, I never knew her fetch a sigh, but wbeu the Queen of Scots was beheaded. Then [viz.,... | |
 | 1916 - 616 pages
...kissed her hand and wished her a return to health. He goes on to say : — " She took me by the hand and wrung it hard, and said, 'No, Robin, I am not well' and that her heart ' had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days.' " This interview took place at Richmond... | |
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