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. Character - Page 185by Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 612 pages
...Lockhart, to him, and said, " Lockhart, 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...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 when the usual time... | |
| Great Britain - 1837 - 392 pages
...extinguished. ' Lockhart,' he said, ' 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...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 he, ' don't disturb... | |
| 1838 - 654 pages
...Barbara Scott (daughter of his uncle Thomas), and Mrs. Scott of Harden, did the like. be a good man — be virtuous — be religious — be a good man. Nothing...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, • don't disturb... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 94 pages
...son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " 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...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, addressed this... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 604 pages
...son-inlaw was called to his death-bed, '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...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 beheld more sacred,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 830 pages
...extinguished. •• Lockhart," he said, " 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...will give you any comfort when you come to lie here." Scott survived this memorable interview for three or four days ; but immediately relapsed into a state... | |
| John Alexander Ballantyne - Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 472 pages
...son-in-law was called to his deathbed, " 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...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, addressed this... | |
| 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 relapsed into a state... | |
| 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, addressed... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 512 pages
...may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man—be virtuous—be religi- . ous—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?"—" No," said he, " don't disturb... | |
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