 At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, "Adsum!  The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family - Page 200by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 551 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1907 - 850 pages
...the last months of his life as a "Codd," and It was In that quiet retreat he drew his last breath. "At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up... | |
 | 1907 - 848 pages
...the last months of his life as a "Codd," and It was In that quiet retreat he drew his last breath. "At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to...Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and be lifted up... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 444 pages
...India; " and then with a heart-rending voice he called out " Leonore, Leonore! " She was kneeling by his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs; only a moan now and then announced that ho was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...and then with a heart-rending voice he called out : ' L^onore, Ldonore ! ' She was kneeling by his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs...evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas 1 Go, ran. 3 Always, always. Newcome's bonds outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...;" and then with a heartrending voice he called out, " Leonore, Leonore ! " She was kneeling by his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs...Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up... | |
 | 1872 - 566 pages
...there can be no better conclusion to a paper on them than the description of a scene there : — " At the usual evening hour, " the Chapel bell began...Thomas Newcome's hands outside " the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar " sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1873 - 826 pages
...;' and then with a heartrending voice he called out,1 Leonore, Léonore ! ' She was kneeling by his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs...Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up... | |
 | 1873 - 610 pages
...India;" and then with a heart-rending voice he called out, " Leonore, Leonore ! " She was kneeling by his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs...evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Xi'wcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, u peculiar sweet... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1873 - 802 pages
...called out ' Leonore, Leonore.' She was kneeling at his side now. The patient's voice sank into fault murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that...Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and ho lifted up... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1873 - 804 pages
...India,' and then with a heartrending voice he called out ' Ltionore, Leonore.' She was kneeling at his side now. The patient's voice sank into faint murmurs ; only a moan now and then announced that ho was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands... | |
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