| Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 534 pages
...to the friend of his brief life, Wilks, was found among his papers: Dear Bob, I have not anything 1 to leave thee to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls; look upon them sometimes, and think on him who was to the last moment of his life thine, G-. Farquhar. An epilogue fittingly spoken by... | |
| John Palmer - 1913 - 366 pages
...with the dread of leaving his family unprovided for. " Dear Bob," he wrote to Wilks at the last, " I have not anything to leave thee to perpetuate my...helpless girls ; look upon them sometimes and think on him that was to the last moment of his life thine." Wilks obtained a benefit for Farquhar's family,... | |
| 1918 - 492 pages
...but what are we to think were his feelings when he wrote the following death-bed letter to Wilks:— "DEAR BOB, "I have not anything to leave thee, to...girls. Look upon them sometimes, and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine. GEORGE FARQUHAR." • This simple brevity, and even... | |
| Charles Whibley - 1919 - 394 pages
...of its triumphant success. A last note to the friend of his brief life, Wilks, was found among his papers : ' Dear Bob, I have not anything to leave...helpless girls ; look upon them sometimes, and think on him who was to the last moment of his life thine, G. Farquhar.' An epilogue fittingly spoken by... | |
| A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1976 - 408 pages
...of his brief life, Wilks, was found among his papers : . Dear Bub, I have not anything to leave tbee to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls; look upon them sometimes, and think on him who wuu to the laut moment of his life thine, O. Farquhar. An epilogue fittingly spoken by a... | |
| 1882 - 914 pages
...Beaux' Stratagem was our author's last comedy. When he had finished it he wrote this note to Wilks : — DEAR BOB, — I have not anything to leave thee, to...girls. Look upon them sometimes, and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, GEORGE FAEQUHAK. Leigh Hunt has wasted a great deal... | |
| Louise Imogen Guiney - 1894 - 314 pages
...Farquhar did not rally. It was to Wilkes, as everybody knows, that he penned this most touching testament: "Dear Bob, I have not anything to leave thee to perpetuate...Look upon them sometimes ! and think of him who was, to the last moment of his life, thine." The end came on or about April 29, 1707, George Farquhar being... | |
| 1882 - 878 pages
...Beaux' Stratagem was our author's last comedy. When he had finished it he wrote this note to Wilks : — DEAR BOB, — I have not anything to leave thee, to...girls. Look upon them sometimes, and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, ' GEORGE FABQUUAR. Leigh Hunt has wasted a great deal... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1864 - 612 pages
...chequered career, lay dying, in 1707, he wrote this note to Wilks : "DEAR BOB, — I have not any thing to leave thee to perpetuate my memory but two helpless...girls. Look upon them sometimes, and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine,1 " GEORGE FARQUHAE." The actor did not disappoint... | |
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