 | American periodicals - 1907 - 854 pages
...the last months of his life as a "Codd," and It was In that quiet retreat he drew his last breath. "At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "Adsum!" and fell back. It was the word we used at school,... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...the last months of his life as a "Codd," and It was In that quiet retreat he drew his last breath. "At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and be lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "Adsum!" and fell back. It was the word we used at... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 444 pages
...patient's voice sank into faint murmurs; only a moan now and then announced that ho was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 450 pages
...only a moan now and then announced that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel hell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's 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... | |
 | 1864 - 84 pages
...do we find anything more exquisite than the brief 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 and quickly said, " Adsum," and fell back. It was the word we used at school,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 246 pages
...patient's voice sank into faint murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 522 pages
...patient's voice sank into faint murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's 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... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...patient's voice sank into faint murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas 1 Go, ran. 3 Always, always. Newcome's bonds outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...patient's voice sank into faint murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's 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... | |
 | 1872 - 566 pages
...there can be no better conclusion to a paper on them than the description of a scene there : — " At the usual evening hour, " the Chapel bell began...peculiar " sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and "quickly said "adsum," and fell back. It was the word we used at "School... | |
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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 "... 
