 | 1907 - 850 pages
...Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little,...his name, and stood In the presence of The Master." Letoit UeMlle. THE SURGEON'S POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH. Gradually, progressively, almost imperceptibly,... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and be lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "Adsum!"...lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, bad answered to his name, and stood in the presence of The Master." Linoit Melville. THE SURGEON'S... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1888 - 662 pages
...to the memory of Major Henry Williun Carmichael Smyth, 9th September, 1861, aged 81 yeut ' Album.' ' And lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child, hid answered to his name, and stood in the presence of ths Master.' ' Newcomes,' vol. iii. chap. 26.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...and he <•(! up his head a little, and nuickly said, . I ma. and fell hack. It was the word we used school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose...name, and stood in the presence of The Master." The death of the old trapper is thus described in Cooper's ' Prairie,' which was published a quarter of... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1888 - 558 pages
...the memory of Major Henry William Carmichael Smyth, 9th September, 1861, aged 81 yean. ' Adsum.' ' And lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child,...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' ' Newcomes,' vol. iii. chap. 26. On the rebuilding of the church his grave wag brought within the walls.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 444 pages
...hands outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I strayed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 442 pages
...hands outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little,...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I strayed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Families - 1855 - 428 pages
...hands outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little,...quickly said, " Adsum !" and fell back. It was the wordjpe used at school, when names were called ; 4fnd lo, her, whose heart was as that of a little... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1900 - 874 pages
...light, he crept slowly up to bed ; and he fell asleep whispering to the shadows around him : ' And he whose heart was as that of a little child had answered...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' Death had become a reality for Abner Jones. And the sting of death had touched him first through one... | |
 | 1864 - 84 pages
...sentences that give the story of his departure : ' Just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little...when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was that of a little child, had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' The colonel... | |
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At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "... 
