 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...solemn stillness was no marvel now. Her couch was dressed with, here and there, some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been...that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." These were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 pages
...so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature FRESH from the hand of GOD, and waiting for the brtath of life; not one who HAD lived and suffered DEATH....something that has loved the LIGHT, and had the SKY nJtove it always.' Those wen her words." " His few surviving comrades saw His smile, when rang their... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pages
...Chap. 44. DEATH-Of Little Nell. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of in short, the period was so far like the present period,...of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being winter berries and green leaves gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 322 pages
...stillness was no marvel* now. Yes, she was dead\ No sleep so beautiful and calm\ so free from trace of pain\ so fair to look' upon. She seemed a creature...life'; not one who had lived', and suffered death\ 4. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...LITTLE NELL. (CHARLES DICKENS.) She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature...green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favour. " When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always."... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1874 - 166 pages
...and divide it into Paragraphs :— She was dead no sleep so beautiful and calm so free from trace of pain so fair to look upon she seemed a creature fresh...death her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves gathered in a spot she had been used to favour when I die put near... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1871 - 424 pages
...dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. Sho eeemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. ' When I die, put near... | |
 | 1875 - 252 pages
...sleep so beautiful and calm ! so free from trace of pain ! so fair to look upon ! She seemed a creature from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. She was dead ; dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird — a poor, slight thing,... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead. No sleep so beantiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. "When I die, put near... | |
 | Robert Skakel Knight - 1876 - 192 pages
...solemn stillness was no marvel now. She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature...death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favour. " When I die, put... | |
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She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived, and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with... 
