 ... began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, " Adsum! " and fell back. It was the word...  Notes and Queries - Page 2261888Full view - About this book
 | 1907 - 850 pages
...and quickly said, "Adsum!" and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood In the presence of The Master." Letoit UeMlle. THE SURGEON'S POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH. Gradually, progressively, almost imperceptibly,... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...and quickly said, "Adsum!" and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, bad answered to his name, and stood in the presence of The Master." Linoit Melville. THE SURGEON'S... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1888 - 662 pages
...to the memory of Major Henry Williun Carmichael Smyth, 9th September, 1861, aged 81 yeut ' Album.' ' And lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child, hid answered to his name, and stood in the presence of ths Master.' ' Newcomes,' vol. iii. chap. 26.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...little, and nuickly said, . I ma. and fell hack. It was the word we used school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master." The death of the old trapper is thus described in Cooper's ' Prairie,' which was published a quarter... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 444 pages
...and quickly said " Adsum! " and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I strayed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 442 pages
...and quickly said " Adsum! " and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I strayed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Families - 1855 - 428 pages
..." Adsum !" and fell back. It was the wordjpe used at school, when names were called ; 4fnd lo, her, whose heart was as that of a little child, had answered...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. f Two years ago, walking with my children in Dome pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1900 - 874 pages
...light, he crept slowly up to bed ; and he fell asleep whispering to the shadows around him : ' And he whose heart was as that of a little child had answered...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' Death had become a reality for Abner Jones. And the sting of death had touched him first through one... | |
 | 1864 - 84 pages
...fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was that of a little child, had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' The colonel is an exception to the ordinary run of Mr. Thackeray's characters, who rarely combine the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...always. 3 1 am present. and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. • THE LAST DAYS OF GEORGE HI. From The Four Georges. All the world knows the story of his malady:... | |
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