| 1841 - 566 pages
...efforts proved useless.. Towards evening he said to Dr. Craik, " 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." He thanked the physicians for their kindness, and requested them to give themselves... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...what had been done was without effect ; he laid down again, and all except Dr. Craik retired. 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... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 370 pages
...death was nt hand. " I die hard," said he to his physician, Dr. Craik, — "but I am not afraid to die. I believed from my first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." Nothing could be done to arrest the disease. It was the will of Providence. Patient,... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1845 - 250 pages
...had been done was 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... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...had been done was 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... | |
| James Kirke Paulding - Generals - 1848 - 296 pages
...been done wsts 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 attack I should not survive it ; my breath cannot last long.' The doctor pressed his hand,... | |
| Literature - 1856 - 604 pages
...trouble about me, but let me go off quietly ; I cannot last long." Shortly after again he said : — " 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." About 10 o'clock he made several attempts to... | |
| 1852 - 548 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,...first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long.' Shortly after, he said to his physicians, ' I feel myself going. I thank you for... | |
| 1852 - 626 pages
...lay upon his death-bed. " I find I am dying," said he ; " my breath cannot last long." And again: " 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 lone." And so he ceased to breathe. More than a quarter... | |
| Robert Sears - United States - 1854 - 668 pages
...had been done was without effect ; he lay 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 can not last long.' The doctor pressed his hand, but could not... | |
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