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" Doctor, 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 Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories ... - Page 314
by Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 709 pages
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The Foreign Quarterly Review, Volumes 26-27

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...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

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...
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Lives of Benefactors

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,...
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Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes Illustrative of His Character

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...
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Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of ...

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...
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A Life of Washington

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,...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 23

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...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c ..., Volume 9

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...
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The Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 2

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...
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A Pictorial Description of the United States

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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