 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 660 pages
...several times. At length he audibly murmured : " I am just going. Have me decently buried ; and don't let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead." Mr. Lear could not speak, but bowed his assent. Washington whispered : " Do you understand ? " Mr.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1104 pages
...Lear, " he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, 'I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let...understand me ? ' I replied, ' Yes.' ' 'Tis well,' said lie. " About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock) his breathing... | |
 | William Banks Slaughter - Statesmen - 1878 - 318 pages
...after several unsuccessful attempts to speak intelligibly, he said to Mr. Lear, his secretary: " I am just going ; have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault till three days after I am dead. " He presently said: " Do you understand me ? " and on Mr. Lear's... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...o'clock he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, " I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let...looked at me again and said, " Do you understand me ? " "Yes," I replied. "'Tis WELL," said he; the last words which he ever uttered on earth. With surprising... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1881 - 368 pages
...Lear, "he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, ' I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let...ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock) his breathing became easier.He lay quietly ; he withdrew his hand from mine and... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...Lear, " he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, ' I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let...me ? ' I replied, ' Yes.' — "Tis well,' said he. 11. " About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock), his breathing... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...Lear, " he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, ' I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let...me? ' I replied, ' Yes.' — "Tis well,' said he. 11. " About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock), his breathing... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Industries - 1883 - 756 pages
...o'clock he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, " I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let...looked at me again and said, " Do you understand me ? " "Yes," I replied. "'Tis WELL," said he ; the last words which he ever uttered on earth. With surprising... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 pages
...Lear, "he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, 'I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let...than three days after I am dead.' I bowed assent, TEE LAST HOUR. 373 for I could not speak. He then looked at me again and said, ' Do you understand... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - United States - 1883 - 612 pages
...murmured : ' I am just going. Have me decently and pressed it to my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hasds buried : and do not let my body be put into the vault over his eyes, and he expired without a struggle or a in less than three days after I am dead.' Mr.... | |
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I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead. 
