 | 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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, and quickly said ' Adsum ! ' 3 1 Go, run. 2 Always, always. 3 1 am present. and fell back. It was the word we used at school,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 522 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... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...bonds 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, and quickly said ' Adsum ! ' l and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose... | |
 | 1898 - 1146 pages
...course, that Major Smyth was the original of Thackeray's Colonel Newcome: "And lo, he whose heart was as a little child had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of the Master." Babylonian Exploration ' f The other day the London " Times " published a deeply interesting account... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 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. —IIIACKERAY. LEGEND OF STKASBTJRG CATHEDKAL. OUT on the quiet midnight air, The thrilling summons... | |
 | 1872 - 566 pages
...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," * „Sebo o I ¡j3tfew§. FOOTBALL. Church v. State. — This game was played on Saturday, Feb. 8th,... | |
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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, "... 
