 Some slight lucid moments he had ; in one of which, the queen, desiring to see him, entered the room, and found him singing a hymn, and accompanying himself at the harpsichord. When he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2551816Full view - About this book
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1877 - 560 pages
...he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and tht-n for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that it might please God to avert his heavy calamity SPECIMEN OF THACKERAY'S PROSE. 493 from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. lie then... | |
 | M. J. Guest - Great Britain - 1879 - 700 pages
...When he had finished he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that...him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled." 3. George III. had been better educated than... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1879 - 222 pages
...he knelt down and prayed alond for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, conclnding with a prayer for himself, that it might please God...his heavy calamity from him, but if not, to give him resiguation to submit. He then, burst into tears, and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralize... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1880 - 278 pages
...he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that...him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. . What preacher need moralize on this story? What... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1880 - 210 pages
...he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that...him, but, if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralize on this story ? What... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1880 - 558 pages
...knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding T/itU a prayer for himself, that it might please God to...him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralize on this story ; -what... | |
 | Great Britain. Civil Service Commission - 1880 - 670 pages
...he lia'l finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that it might please God to avert his heavy ciJamity from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his... | |
 | William Hector - Paisley (Scotland) - 1880 - 194 pages
...when, kneeling down, he prayed for the Queen, his family, and his people, concluding with the touching prayer for himself that it might please God to avert his heavy calamity, but, if not, to give him resignation to submit, then bursting into tears his reason again fled. Well... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - Elocution - 1881 - 152 pages
...When he had finished he knelt down and prayed aloud for her/ and then for his family/ and then for the nation/ concluding with a prayer for himself/ that...him/ but if not/ to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears/ and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralize on tins story ; what... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that...him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralize on this story ; what... | |
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