 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 - 1898 - 824 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 it might please God to avert hia heavy calamity from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit. He then burst into tears,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 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 moralise on this story ; what... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1902 - 592 pages
...down and prayed aloud for her, and then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with » 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. He then... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - English language - 1903 - 272 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. before the Buler of kings and men, the Monarch... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - English language - 1903 - 272 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. before the Ruler of kings and men, the Monarch... | |
 | Lewis Henry Jones - Readers - 1904 - 328 pages
...he had finished he knelt 20 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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 506 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 - 1906 - 642 pages
...When he had finished, he knelt down and prayed aloud for her, and then for Ms 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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...then for his family, and then for the nation, concluding with a prayer for himself, that it might 425 please God to avert his heavy calamity from him, but if not, to give him resignation to submit He then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. What preacher need moralise on 480 this story;... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1865 - 822 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 1865.] 316 [March, then burst into tears, and his reason again fled. " What preacher need moralize... | |
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