 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 654 Seiten
...bowed assent, for I could not speak. He then looked at me again and said ; " Do you understand me 1" I replied, " Yes." " 'T is well," said he. About ten...voice, " all is now over ; I shall soon follow him : I hare no more trials to pass through." OCCURRENCES NOT NOTED IN THE PRECEDING NARRATIVE. The General's... | |
 | George Washington - 1837 - 644 Seiten
...voice; " Is he gone ? " I could not speak, but held up my hand as a signal, that he was no more. " 'Tis well," said she, in the same voice, " all is now over;...the afternoon the General directed him to sit down, aa he had been standing almost the whole day. He did so. About eight o'clock in the morning, he expressed... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 372 Seiten
...affectionate partner was at the bedside when his spirit departed. " It is all over now," said she. " I shall soon follow him. I have no more trials to pass through." About two years after, she was seized with bilious fever. Being perfectly aware that her end was at... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 Seiten
...at the foot of the bed, asked, " Is he gone '"' " It is well," she said, when told that he was ; " all is now over ; I shall soon follow him ; I have no more trials to pass through." Washington died on the 14th of December 1799, aged sixtyseven years. He was buried at Mount Vernon... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 640 Seiten
...Washington, who was sitting at the foot of the bed, asked with a firm and collected voice ; " Is he gone 1" I could not speak, but held up my hand as a signal,...follow him : I have no more trials to pass through." OCCCRRENCES NOT NOTED IN THE PRECEDING NARRATIVE. The General's servant, Christopher, was in the room... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 418 Seiten
...two years afterward. When she was certified of the departure of his spirit, she said, " 'Tis well ; all is now over ; I shall soon follow him ; I have no more trials to pass through." In less than thirty months afterward the stricken widow was laid in the tomb, at the age of almost... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 410 Seiten
...two years afterward. When she was certified of the departure of his spirit, she said, " 'Tis well; all is now over; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." In less than thirty months afterward the stricken widow was laid in the tomb, at the age of almost... | |
 | 1856 - 880 Seiten
...speak, gave a silent lignai of assent. " Tis well," she added, in the same untremulous utterance ; " all is now over. I shall soon follow him. I have no more trials to pass through." On the 18th his remains were deposited in the family tomb, and his name and his fame will forever,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 Seiten
...of the bed, turned to the doctor and asked, " Is he gone ?" "Yes," was the reply. " 'Tis well all is over. I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." His breath grew shorter and feebler every moment, till a little after ten, when he ceased to breathe.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 Seiten
...executive mansion, both in New York and Philadelphia, When her husband died, she said : " "Tie well; all is now over; I shall soon follow him ; I have no more trials to pass through." In little less than thirty months afterward, she was laid in the family vault at Mount Vemon. Her grandson,... | |
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Tis well," said she, in the same voice, " all is now over; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through. 
