Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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, "... "
Essays and Miscellanies - Page 218
by Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914
Full view - About this book

The Living Age, Volume 252

1907 - 850 pages
...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...answered to his name, and stood In the presence of The Master." Letoit UeMlle. THE SURGEON'S POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH. Gradually, progressively, almost...
Full view - About this book

The Living Age, Volume 252

1907 - 848 pages
...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 be lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "Adsum!" and fell back. It was the word we used at...
Full view - About this book

Notes and Queries

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....
Full view - About this book

Notes and Queries

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...answered to his 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...
Full view - About this book

Notes and Queries

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,...answered to 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...
Full view - About this book

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, Volume 2

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 444 pages
...hour the chapel bell 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...answered to 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,...
Full view - About this book

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, Volume 1

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 428 pages
...hour the chapel bell 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...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...
Full view - About this book

The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 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 to 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...
Full view - About this book

Thackeray and Modern Fiction. Cut from London Quarterly Review, Jul. 1864 ...

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...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...
Full view - About this book

Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...hour the chapel bell 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...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,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF