 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 638 pages
...o'clock Dr. Craik came again into the room, and, upon going to the bedside the General said to him ; " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed,...should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." The Doctor pressed his hand, but could not utter a word. He retired from the bedside, and sat by the... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...without effect ; he laid down again, and they retired, excepting Dr. Craik. He then said to him : — ' Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go ; I believed from my first attack I should not survive it ; my breath cannot last long.' The doctor pressed his hand, but could not utter... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - Presidents - 1856 - 406 pages
...hope, when you want aid of this kind, you will find it." About five o'clock he said to Dr. Craik, " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed,...should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." Shortly after he said to his physicians, " I feel myself going ; I thank you for your attentions ;... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1856 - 520 pages
...evening approached, he turned to Dr. Craik, and whispered, " / die hard, but I am not afraid to die. I believed from my first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." The efforts to relieve him aggravated very much his sufferings, while they were powerless to arrest... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 524 pages
...friend, Dr. Craik, came again into the room, and approached the bedside. " Doctor," said the general, " I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it—my breath cannot last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...friend Dr. Craik came again into the room, and approached the bedside. " Doctor," said the General, " I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it—my breath cannot last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside,... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 pages
...evening approached, he turned to Dr. Craik, and whispered, " I die hard, but I am not afraid to die. I believed from my first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." The efforts to relieve him aggravated very much his sufferings, while they were powerless to arrest... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 478 pages
...friend, Dr. Craik, came again into the room, and approached the bedside. " Doctor," said the general, " I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that 1 should not survive it — my breath cannot last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...without effect ; he laid down again, and they retired, excepting Dr. Craik. He then said to him, ' Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go ; I believed from the first I should not survive it; my breath cannot last long.' The doctor pressed his hand, but could... | |
 | Edward Everett - Generals - 1860 - 366 pages
...afternoon, Dr. Craik came again into the room, and upon his going to the bedside the General said to him, "Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I...should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." Dr. Craik, his companion on the field of battle and his friend through life, perceiving that the last... | |
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I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long. 
