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.' — He paused, and I said — ' Shall I send for Sophia and Anne ?... Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Page 217by John Gibson Lockhart - 1839Full view - About this book
| 1846 - 612 pages
...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. My dear,...man. Nothing else 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... | |
| Great Britain - 1837 - 392 pages
...Juxta crucem lachrymosa, Dum pendebat Filius. As I was dressing on the morning of Monday the 1 7th of September, Nicolson came into my room, and told...man. Nothing else 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... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 532 pages
...did whatever sisterly affections could prompt, both for the sufferer and his daughters. Miss Barbara Scott (daughter of his uncle Thomas), and Mrs Scott...man. Nothing else 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,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 830 pages
...the room one morning, " and told me," he says, " that his master had awoke in a state of com. posure and consciousness, and wished to see me immediately....man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days ; but immediately... | |
| 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,...man. Nothing else 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,... | |
| 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,...man. Nothing else 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... | |
| 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,...man. Nothing else 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,... | |
| 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 —...man. Nothing else 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,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 826 pages
...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." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days; but immediately... | |
| Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 116 pages
..." 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."—(Life of Sir W. Scott, vol. vii. p. 393.) WHEN Sir Walter Scott, upon his death-bed,... | |
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