| John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 566 sider
...hand as a signal that he was no more. ' Tis well,' said she, in the same voice, ' all is over now. I shall soon follow him. I have no more trials to pass through.' " During his whole illness," adds Mr. Lear, " he spoke but seldom, and with great difficulty and distress,... | |
| William H. Snowden - 1904 - 128 sider
...silent signal of assent. "'Tis well," she added in the same untremulous utterance; "all is over now. I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." She followed three years later. They both rest side by side in the new burial vault at the old homestead... | |
| William H. Snowden - 1904 - 132 sider
...silent signal of assent. "'Tis well," she added in the same untremulous utterance; "all is over now. I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through, j She followed three 'years later. They both rest side by side in the new burial vault at the old homestead... | |
| George Washington - 1906 - 328 sider
...speak, but held up my hand as a signal that he was no more. 'Tis well, said she in the same voice, " All is now over I shall soon follow him! I have no more trials to pass through!" OCCURRENCES NOT NOTED IN THE PRECEDING NARRATIVE. The General's servant Christopher was in the room... | |
| Charles Morris - 1907 - 682 sider
...speak, gave a silent signal of assent. " 'Tis well, " she added, in the same untremulous utterance. "All is now over. I shall soon follow him. I have no more trials to pass through. " On the 1 8th his remains were deposited in the tomb at Mount Vernon, where they still repose; and... | |
| John Roy Musick - 1908 - 516 sider
...to the portals of everlasting glory, while the weeping widow murmured: "Is he gone? 'Tis well; all's now over; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." Sons of Columbia, have you ever made that pilgrimage which every freedom-loving American should make... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 468 sider
...her dear lord had suffered his last agony — had drawn his last breath and departed — she said : "Tis well; all is now over. I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." Not only have women been the best companions, friends, and consolers, but they have in many cases been... | |
| Robert Haven Schauffler - 1910 - 368 sider
...? " Lear was unable to speak, but made a sign that Washington was dead. " 'Tis well," said she ; " all is now over ; I shall soon follow him; I have no more trials to pass through." Washington died on December 14, 1799, in his sixty-eighth year. All his neighbors and relatives assembled... | |
| Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 sider
...speak, but held up my hand as a signal that he was no more. " 'Tis well', said she in the same voice, "All is now over. I shall soon follow him! I have no more trials to pass through!" Letter* and Recollections of George Washington, Tobias Lear, p. 133. The Last Sad Arrangements At the... | |
| Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green - 1912 - 510 sider
...hand as a signal that he was no more. ' T is well, ' she said in the same voice, ' all is over now. I shall soon follow him. I have no more trials to pass through. ' " Mrs. Washington survived her husband only thirty months, when she too passed to her rest and was... | |
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