 I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.  The Life of Sir Walter Scott - Page 332by Gerald Le Grys Norgate - 1906 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 612 pages
...DEATH-BED SPECIFIC. WHEN Walter Scott was dying, he called his son-in-law Mr. Lockhart, to him, and said, " Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you....will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." SUGAR. anticipated. The canes grew as high and large as in the West Indies, but when the usual time... | |
 | Great Britain - 1837 - 392 pages
...was clear and calm — every trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. ' Lockhart,' he said, ' I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear,...you any comfort when you come to lie here.' — He paused, and I said, ' Shall I send for Sophia and Anne Г — ' No,' said he, ' don't disturb them.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 94 pages
...REFUTATION, &c. " Lockhart," said. Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear,...give you any comfort when you come to lie here."— (Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his deathbed, addressed this... | |
 | John Alexander Ballantyne - Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 472 pages
...REFUTATION,. &c. " Lockhart," said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear,...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." — {Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his deathbed, addressed this... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 604 pages
...the motto: — "'Lockhart,' said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-inlaw was called to his death-bed, 'I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear,...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.' " This is a touching fragment of a most solemn scene. The dying words of Scott should beheld more sacred,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 830 pages
...clear and calm — every trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. •• Lockhart," he said, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear,...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days ; but immediately relapsed into a state... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pages
...daughters. Miss Barbara Scott (daughter of his uncle Thomas), and Mrs. Scott of Harden, did the like. be a good man — be virtuous — be religious —...you any comfort when you come to lie here.' — He paused, and I said. ' Shall I send for Sophia and Anne?' — 'No,' said he, • don't disturb them.... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 826 pages
...was clear and calm — every trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. " Lockhart," he said, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man — be virtuous — b« religious — be a good man. Nothing else will give you, any comfort when you come to lie here."... | |
 | Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 116 pages
...REFUTATION, fcc. " Lockhart," said Sir Walter Scott, when his son-in-law was called to his death-bed, " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man—be virtuous—be religious—be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 510 pages
...was clear and calm— every trace of the wild fire of delirium extinguished. " Lockhart," he said " I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man—be virtuous—be religious—be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when' you... | |
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