 ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart, his biographer, were, " Be a good man, my dear ! " and with the last flicker of breath on his dying lips, he sighed a farewell to his family, and passed away blessing them. Two men, famous, admired,...  The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Page 208by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 418 pages
...whisked away and vanished. And yonder scuds the postman, and here is the old desk. NIL NISI BONUM. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...passed away blessing them. Two men, famous, admired, bo-loved, have just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.* Ere a few weeks are over, many... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...PAKT FIRST. A LMOST the last words which Sir Walter Scott spoke to J~\ Lockhart, his son-in-law and biographer, were, "Be a good man, my dear !" and with...blessing them. Two men, famous, admired, beloved, have jnst left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time. Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...colloquial. See § 52. 1. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter Scott spoke to Lockhart, his son-in-law and biographer, were, " Be a good man, my dear!" and with...weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, re viewing their lives, and passing judgment on their works. 2. This is no review, or history, or criticism;... | |
 | S.E.H. CHAMBERS - 1869 - 452 pages
...whisked away and vanished. And yonder scuds the postman, and here is the old desk. NIL NISI BONUM. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.* Ere a few weeks axe over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives, and passing judgment on their... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...aw.ay and vanished. And yonder scuds the postman, and here is the old desk. NIL NISI BONUM. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.* Ere a few wceks are over, many a critie's pen * Washington Irving died, JSbv. 28, 1859; Lord Macanlay died, Dee.... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 234 pages
...extreme bitterness. caflous, hardened, insensible. I pa'ter pa'tri-ce, father of his country. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time. 2 Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives and passing... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pages
...ob-se'qui-ous, servile. pa'ter pa'tri-ce, father of his country. vir'u-lence, extreme bitterness. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.2 Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives and passing... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Children's Literature, English - 1880 - 240 pages
...ob-se'qui-ous, servile. pa'ter pa'tri-ce, father of his country. vir'u-lence, extreme bitterness. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...his family, and passed away blessing them. Two men, famous,'admired, beloved, have just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time. 2 Ere a few... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Authors, American - 1884 - 306 pages
...contributed some years ago to Lippincotfs Magazine by a writer who signs himself EW NIL NISI BONUM. Almost the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.f Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives, and passing... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 348 pages
...WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. BORN l8ll, DIED 1863. NIL NISI BONUM. BY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. ALMOST the last words which Sir Walter spoke to Lockhart,...just left us, the Goldsmith and the Gibbon of our time.1 Ere a few weeks are over, many a critic's pen will be at work, reviewing their lives, and passing... | |
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