 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 174 pages
...me before he could effect it 6 . At length he said: 'I am just going 7 . Have me decently buried 8 , and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead 9 .' I bowed assent 10 , for I could not speak. He then looked at me again, and said, 'Do you understand... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 172 pages
...speak to me before he could effect it6. At length he said: 'I am just going7. Have me decently buried8, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead9.' I bowed assent10, for I could not speak. He then looked at me again, and said, 'Do you understand... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long. 6 PM I am just going. Have me decently buried. And do hot let my body be put into the vault, in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand me ? [Addressing Mr. Lear.] [Upon Mr. Lear's replying, Yes, he added,] 'Tis well.... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1894 - 512 pages
...several times but failed. At last he 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." Unable to speak, Mr. Lear bowed his head. Washington whispered, " Do you understand?" " Yes, " answered... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 550 pages
...several times but failed. At last he 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." Unable to speak, Mr. Lear bowed his head. Washington whispered, " Do you understand?" " Yes, " answered... | |
 | Self-culture - 1900 - 728 pages
...wills; preserve this one and burn the other." Then, speaking to Col. Lear, he said, "At length I am going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put in the vault in less than three days after I am dead." He was evidently keeping close watch upon the... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - United States - 1896 - 750 pages
...pillow, and made several unavailing attempts to speak intelligibly. About ten o'clock he said, "I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault until three days after I am dead. Do you understand me?" To the reply, "Yes, sir," he remarked, "It... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 752 pages
...pillow, and made several unavailing attempts to speak intelligibly. About ten o'clock he said, "I am just going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault until three days after I am dead. Do you understand me?" To the reply, " Yes, sir," he remarked, "It... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1857 - 410 pages
...he made several attempts to speak to me before he could effect it. At length he said, ' I am j ust going. Have me decently buried, and do not let my...and said, ' Do you understand me?' I replied, 'Yes.' "T is well,' said he. "About ten minutes before he expired (which was between ten and eleven o'clock)... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 620 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... | |
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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. 
