 | 1847 - 296 pages
...did not remove his arms to do it ; but they saw him fold them so, behind her neck. LITERARY NOTICES. her by the face ! But tell them that the print upon...our first garments, and will last unchanged until onr race has run its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old, fashion... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Businessmen - 1848 - 752 pages
...out at sea, but gliding smoothly on. And now there was a shore before him. Who stood on the bank!— He put his hands together, as he had been used to...firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion—Death ! Oh thank GOD, all who see it, for that older fashion yet, of Immortality! And look... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English fiction - 1848 - 564 pages
...together, as he had been used to do, at bis prayers. He did not remove his arms to do it ; but they sa* him fold them so, behind her neck. " Mamma is like...our race has run its course, and the wide firmament ia rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion — Death ! regards not quite estranged, when the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1852 - 572 pages
...together, as he had been used to do, at his prayers. He did not remove his arms to do it ; but they sa«r him fold them so, behind her neck. " Mamma is like...our race has run its course, and the wide firmament ia rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion — Death ! regards not quite estranged, when the... | |
 | Lucy Coffin Starbuck - American poetry - 1853 - 156 pages
...Earth's crushed and bleeding ones, where'er their lot may be. Olintendale, 1853. DEATH OF PAUL DOMBET. " The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and...rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion, Death : " — DOMBET ADD Son. PALE, within that silent chamber, Statue-like, decked for the tomb, Lay the... | |
 | Lucy Coffin Starbuck - American poetry - 1853 - 160 pages
...Clintondale, 1853. DEATH OF PAUL DOMBEY. 11 The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing elm stirred in the room. The old, old fashion ! The fashion...rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion, Death ! " — DOMBEY AND SON. PALE, within that silent chamber, Statue-like, decked for the tomb, Lay the... | |
 | John Pierce Brace - Hartford (Conn.) - 1853 - 298 pages
...breath stopped, and then, with a long-drawn sigh, the spirit left its clayey tenement. CHAPTER XXIX. " The old, old fashion ! The fashion that came in with...rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion — Death ! " Dmribey and Son. " LIEUTENANT WADSWORTH," said Sergeant Webster, " I would advise that the corpse... | |
 | Children's poetry, American - 1855 - 146 pages
...seating himself again, he repeated the passage, the words of which the children had failed to recall. "The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and...The old, old fashion ! The fashion that came in with onr first garments, and will last unchanged until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1858 - 138 pages
...sister's neck. " Mama ia like you, Floy. I know her by the face ! But tell them that the picture on the stairs at school, is not Divine enough. The light...garments, and will last unchanged until our race has mn its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion — Death !... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1859 - 478 pages
...prayers. He did not remove his arms to do it; but they saw him fold them so, behind her neck. " Mama is like you, Floy. I know her by the face ! But tell...firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old fashion—Death! Oh thank GOD, all who see it, for that older fashion yet, of Immortality ! And look... | |
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The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in the room. The old, old fashion ! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will last unchanged until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament is rolled up... 
