 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...find him refreshed on his return,—but it was the commencement of the lethargy preceding his death. The last words I heard my master utter, were at six...sleep now;' upon which he laid down, never to rise again!—for he did not move hand or fiot during the following twenty-four hours. His lordship appeared,... | |
 | Richard Edgcumbe - Literary Criticism - 1909 - 456 pages
...find him refreshed on his return ; but it was the commencement of the lethargy preceding his death. The last words I heard my master utter were at six o'clock on the evening of the 1 8th, when he said, "I must sleep now"; upon which he laid down never to rise again ! — for he did... | |
 | Arminianism - 1867 - 1202 pages
...characteristic. They were made public by Mr. Fletcher, his old and confidential attendant. He tells us, " The last words I heard my master utter were at six o'clock on the evening of the 10th, when he said, ' I must sleep now ; ' upon which he lay down never to rise again." " The archangel's... | |
 | William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - British - 1999 - 398 pages
...answered, ' We shall never leave your lordship until you are better.' " Again, Fletcher narrates : " The last words I heard my master utter were at six...be in a state of suffocation at intervals, and had frequent rattling in the throat ; on these occasions, I called Tita to assist me in raising his head,... | |
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Mr. Parry desired him to compose himself. He shed tears, and, apparently, sunk into a slumber. Mr. Parry went away, expecting to find him refreshed on his return — but it was the commencement of the lethargy preceding his death. The last words I heard... 
