 The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me.  Harrison's British Classicks - Page 4421785Full view - About this book
 | Howard Staunton - Education - 1865 - 622 pages
...account he gives of his being taken, when quite a child, into the room where his dead father lay — "I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | Howard Staunton - Education - 1865 - 682 pages
...account he gives of his being taken, when quite a child, into the room where his dead father lay — "I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1867 - 334 pages
...at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 498 pages
...Dublin, not quite five years of age. " That was the first sensation of grief," Dick said, " I ever knew. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping beside it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling Papa;... | |
 | English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember...went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1869 - 414 pages
...at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 414 pages
...at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping alone by it. I had ray battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 410 pages
...at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember...went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledoor in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1872 - 434 pages
...of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember...went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and cabling... | |
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