 | George G. Evans - Washington (D.C.) - 1892 - 296 pages
...About five o'clock Dr. Craik came again into the room, and, upon going to the bedside, the General said to him, " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid...first attack that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long." The doctor pressed his hand, but could not utter a word. He retired from the bedside,... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1893 - 460 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,...breath can not last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside, and sat by the fire absorbed in grief. Between five and six the... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1894 - 512 pages
...evident that the beloved patriot could not last many hours. Toward evening he said to Dr. Craik: " Doctor, I die hard ; but I am not afraid to go. I...first attack that I should not survive it; my breath cannot last long." Relatives were sent for, but did not arrive in time to hear his last words. At six... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...is a debt we must pay to each other ; and I hope, when you want aid of this kind, you will find it. Doctor,^ I die hard, but I am not afraid to go, I...first attack, that I should not survive it. My breath cannot last long. 5 PM I feel myself going. I thank you || for your attention. But I pray you to take... | |
 | Patriotic societies - 1894 - 638 pages
...done was without effect — he laid clown again and they retired excepting Dr. Craik. — He the then said to him, " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go, I believed from my first attack that I "did not survive it, my breath cannot last long" — The Doctor pressed his hand but could not utter... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 186 pages
...friend, came into the room and approached the bedside. "Doctor," said the General, " I die hard 2 , but I am not afraid to go*. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it 4 : my breath can not last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside,... | |
 | Paul Bercy - French language - 1894 - 174 pages
...approached the bedside. "Doctor," said the General, " I die hard 2 , but I am uot afraid to go 3 . I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it 4 : my breath can not last long." The doctor pressed his hand in silence, retired from the bedside,... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 550 pages
...evident that the beloved patriot could not last many hours. Toward evening he said to Dr. Craik: " Doctor, I die hard ; but I am not afraid to go. I...first attack that I should not survive it ; my breath cannot last long. " Relatives were sent for, but did not arrive in time to hear his last words. At... | |
 | United States - 1896 - 752 pages
...briefly of his approaching death and burial About four o'clock in the afternoon he said to Dr. Craig, " 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." About six o'clock, his physician asked him if he would sit up in his bed. He held... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - United States - 1896 - 750 pages
...briefly of his approaching death and burial. About four o'clock in the afternoon he said to Dr. Craig, " 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." About six o'clock, his physician asked him if he would sit up in his bed. He held... | |
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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. 
