| Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1885 - 812 pages
...she destroyed nt his desire, the other was kept as his will. " I die hard," he said to the doctor, "but I am not afraid to go. I believed from my first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." At six o'clock, the three physicians boing around his bed, he said, " I feel myself... | |
| James Walter - Presidents - 1886 - 412 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,...attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.' The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside, and sat by the... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1886 - 500 pages
...but did not complain. Toward 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 can not last long." He said little more, only thanked his attendants for their kindness, and bade them give themselves... | |
| Virginia Frances Townsend - Presidents - 1887 - 318 pages
...often attempt it. But when, a little after sundown, Dr. Craik approached the bed, Washington addressed him : " Doctor, I die hard ; but I am not afraid to...first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." The doctor pressed his hand, unable to reply, and retired to the fireside, where... | |
| James Walter - Presidents - 1887 - 420 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,...attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.' The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside, and sat by the... | |
| James Walter - Presidents - 1887 - 418 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,... | |
| Presidents - 1889 - 56 pages
...old friend Dr. Craik came again into the room, and as he approached his patient, Washington said, ' Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed,...attack, that I should not survive it, — my breath cannot last long.' Further remedies were tried without avail, in the evening: he took whatever was... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - Presidents - 1889 - 420 pages
...servant, who had been standing all day in attendance upon him, to sit down. To Dr. Craik he said: " 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." When a little later the other physicians came in and assisted him to sit up, he... | |
| George Washington - Presidents - 1799 - 574 pages
...to move him at this time, he did not speak, but looked at me with strong expressions of gratitude.] The Doctor pressed his hand but could not utter a word — He retired from the bedside — and sat by the fire absorbed in grief — About 8 o'clk the Physicians again came into... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889 - 420 pages
...servant, who had been standing all day in attendance upon him, to sit down. To Dr. Craik he said: " I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed from uiy first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." When a little later the... | |
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