 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Seite 291herausgegeben von - 1856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 558 Seiten
...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 bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his. eyes." — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 480 Seiten
...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 bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | Thomas Somerville - 1891 - 320 Seiten
...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 its pebbles,...bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." So died, at the age of sixty-one, the most prolific, versatile, and popular of modern authors. No writer... | |
 | 1891 - 1038 Seiten
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.'' The figure of Scott, unconsciously drawn... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1891 - 928 Seiten
...— and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle tipple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed bis eyes." — Leisure Hour. 202 WINTER. BY OET A KINDLY... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1892 - 270 Seiten
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his CHAPTER X. ' How wonderful is Death ! Death and his... | |
 | JAMES BOSWELL - 1892
...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 bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.'' — Lockhart's Life, vol. vii., p. 394. —... | |
 | Thomas William Parsons - 1893 - 274 Seiten
...Window was wide open, and so per•^ Jfectiy still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear — ^ the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its...was distinctly <•• audible, as we knelt around the bed ; and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes." — LOCKHART'S Life of Sir Walter Scott.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1894 - 158 Seiten
...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 its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.' It is said that on the last morning of his... | |
 | Laurence Hutton - 1894 - 306 Seiten
...window was wide open, and so perfectly still that the sound of all others most delicious to his ears — the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles — was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes. No sculptor ever marbled a more majestic image... | |
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