 Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favour. ' When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always.' Those were her words. She was...  The Works of Charles Dickens - Page 494by Charles Dickens - 1914Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1841 - 402 pages
...from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird—a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed—was stirring nimbly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1841 - 734 pages
...of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch wa» dressed with here and there some winter berries and...dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird—a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed—was stirring nimbly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 828 pages
...from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly... | |
 | Dickens - Gordon Riots, 1780 - 1846 - 462 pages
...she was dead. There, upon her little bed, she lay at rest. The solemn stillness was no marvel now. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...she had been used to favour. " When I die, put near roe something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her *ords. She... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1847 - 436 pages
...stirring nimbly in its cage ; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless for ever. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...had the sky above it always." Those were her words. Where were the traces of her early cares, her sufferings, and fatigues ! All gone. • His was the... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...one who had lived and suftered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winterhcrrif-s and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favour. " When 1 die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life v j not one who had lived', and suffered death v . Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. "When I die', put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it alwaysV... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed wife here and there some winter-berries and green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near me something that lias loved the light, and had the sky above it always."... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...green leaves, gathered in a spot she had been used to favor. " When I die, put near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always."... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...itom UÄ hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life ; not one who had lived and suffered death. Her couch was dressed with here and there some winter...loved the light, and had the sky above it always." She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird—a poor slight thing the... | |
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