 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 Lay of the Last Minstrel - Page xxxivby Walter Scott - 1910 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1843 - 832 pages
...last, in the presence of all his children. " It was a heantiful day," we have heen elsewhere told, " so warm that every window was wide open, and so perfectly...others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple ofthe Tweedoverits pehhles, was distinctly andihle as we knelt around the hed, and his eldest son kissed... | |
 | Great Britain - 1837 - 392 pages
...M., on the 21 st of September, Sir 122 Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. We here drop the curtain: not, however, without strongly recommending a perusal of the volume to our... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pages
...September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful dny — so warm that every window was wide open — and so...bed. and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Such was the termination of a great and good man's career, hastened, no doubt, by a dangerous and inordinate... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 510 pages
...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...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose:— KtiTo ('.-.yaz fityxbari, kikcttrftittf... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 384 pages
...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...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — Almost every newspaper that announced... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 380 pages
...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...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — KHTO fifyatf fLiyct^aitfri, XsX«<r«;voj... | |
 | Theology - 1839 - 418 pages
...p. M., 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...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — p. 294. The impression left upon the mind of every reader of these Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 386 pages
...last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every windowwas wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever modelled a more majestic image of repose : — Almost every newspaper that announced... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...PM on the" 21st [of September, Sir Walter Scott breathed his last in the presence of his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm that every window...pebbles, was distinctly audible, as we knelt around his .bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." Of Sir W. Scott's family we would say a few... | |
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