 | 1825 - 458 pages
...lady who visited linn, nioro in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for the other world He repressed, with a smile, the hopes of his friends,...a close, the eager, yet decorous solicitude of his fellowtownsmen increased. He was an exciseman, it is true,— a name odious, from many associations,... | |
 | Jeremiah Fellowes - 1824 - 286 pages
...lady whe visited him, more in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for tbe other world. He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...odious, from many associations, to his countrymen ; hut he did his duty meekly and kindly, and repressed rather than encouraged the desire of some of... | |
 | 1824 - 666 pages
...lady who visited him, more in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for the other world— he imperceptible when surveyed at large with other objects....contracted into Jive words. And there went a man of true—a name odious, from many associations, to his countrymen—but he did his duty meekly and kindly,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...by the bed-side with his eyes wet, and said, < John, don't let the awkward squad fire over me.' He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased. It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...who visited him, more in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for the other world — he repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, (he eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased. He was an exciseman it is true... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 364 pages
...lady who visited him, more in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for the other world. He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...fellow townsmen increased. He was an exciseman, it is true—,a name odious, from many associations, to his countrymen—but he did his duty meekly and kindly,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...by the bed-side with his eyes wet, and said, ' John, don't let the awkward squad fire over me.' He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased. It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1830 - 340 pages
...by the bed-side with his eyes wet, and said, ' John, don't let the awkward squad fire over me. ' He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...a close, the eager, yet decorous solicitude of his fellow-townsmen, increased. It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...by the bed-side with his eyes wet, and said, ' John, don't let the awkward squad fire over me.' He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased. It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...lady who visited him, more in sincerity than in mirth, what commands she had for the other world. He repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and...a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow-townsmen increased. He was an exciseman it is true — a name odious, from many associations,... | |
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... repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and told them he had lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased. 
