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. Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page xxxiiiby Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 612 pages
...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. My dear, be a good...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
...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...will give 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... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 604 pages
...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, be a good...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,... | |
| 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, be a good...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... | |
| 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, be a good...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... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 830 pages
...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...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 —...will give 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... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 826 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, 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."... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 512 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, be a good man—be virtuous—be religi- . ous—be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you... | |
| 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... | |
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