 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 Quarterly Review - Seite 4721864Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 Seiten
...Septemher, 1832, Sir Walter hreathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a heautiful day — so warm that every window was wide open —...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pehhles, was distinctly audihle as we knelt around nin... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 680 Seiten
...death. Thus he expired, all his children around him. "It was a beautiful day," says his biographer—"so warm that every window was wide open, and so perfectly...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 Seiten
...breathed his last in the presence of all his children. " It was a beautiful day," says Lockhart ; " so warm that every window was wide open, and so perfectly...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of T the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt round the... | |
 | Clement Carlyon - 1858 - 520 Seiten
...one, PM 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 wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others the most delicious to his ear, the gentle... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 Seiten
...loved to anticipate ! " It was," says Mr. Lockhart, "a beautiful day: so warm that every window was open : and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear. the gentle ripple of the Tweed over Its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 Seiten
...one, PM, 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...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 Seiten
...one PM, on the 2lst of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day ; so warm that every window...open, and so perfectly still that the sound of all 10 others most delicious to his car, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1863 - 366 Seiten
...him. " It was a beautiful day," says his biographer ; " so warm, that every window was wide 6pen ; and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear — the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly audible, as we knelt around... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1864 - 350 Seiten
...version of the Psalms, or broken fragments from Isaiah. " It was," says Mr. Lockhart, his son-in-law, " a beautiful day, so warm, that every window was wide...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear — the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly audible, as we knelt round... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1864 - 348 Seiten
...So he died, with all his children around him. •' It was a beautiful day," says his biographer ; " so warm, that every window was wide open ; and so...that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear — the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly audible, as we knelt around... | |
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