 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 Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 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... | |
 | Robert Anderson Young - Great Britain - 1888 - 364 pages
...harpsichord ; when he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, concluding with a prayer for himself, that it might...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 - American literature - 1888 - 560 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 it might please God to avert his heavy calamit; from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears, and his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 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... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - Great Britain - 1890 - 462 pages
...harpsichord. He then knelt and prayed aloud for her, for his family, and for the nation ; and in closing, for himself, that it might please God to avert his heavy calamity, or grant him resignation to bear it. Then he burst into tears, and his reason again fled.3 In consequence... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1891 - 400 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... | |
 | Montague John Guest - Great Britain - 1894 - 656 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." George III. had been better educated than his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1896 - 420 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... | |
 | Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (4th Baron) - Great Britain - 1897 - 400 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.' The blue hunting coat had to be folded away.... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Elocution - 1898 - 614 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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