 | Paul Leicester Ford - Biography & Autobiography - 1896 - 378 pages
...perfect resignation." From this time on "he appeared to be in great pain and distress," and said, " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed...from my first attack that I should not survive it." A little later he said, "I feel myself going. I thank you for your attention, you had better not take... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Generals - 1897 - 378 pages
...perfect resignation." From this time on "he appeared to be in great pain and distress," and said, " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed...from my first attack that I should not survive it." A little later he said, "I feel myself going. I thank you for your attention, you had better not take... | |
 | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 346 pages
...To Dr. Craik, his valued friend and companion in arms, as well as his physician, Washington 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." The doctor pressed his hand, but could not utter... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 908 pages
...largely bled, but sunk rapidly, an¿ died, Dec. 14. His last words were characteristic. 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." A little later he said : "I feel myself going. I thank you for your attentions ;... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 612 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... | |
 | Goodloe Harper Bell - American literature - 1900 - 620 pages
...into the room, and approached the bedside. "Doctor," said the general, " I die hard, but I am not j i. 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, and sat by the... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 pages
...do little for his bodily comfort, and moral strength he borrowed from no man. " Doctor," 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." And again, " I feel myself going (I thank you for your attention) ; you had better... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 564 pages
...it.' "About 5 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... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - Presidents - 1903 - 566 pages
...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, but could not utter a word. He retired from the bedside and sat by the fire, absorbed in grief. " Between 5 and 6 o'clock Dr. Craik, Dr. Dick, and... | |
 | George Washington - Mount Vernon - 1906 - 328 pages
...with gratitude for my attentions, & often said, I am afraid I shall fatigue you too much, and upon my assuring him that I could feel nothing but a wish...should not survive it; my breath can not last long. word. He retired from the bed side, & sat by the fire absorbed in grief. Between 5 & 6 o'clk Dr. Dick... | |
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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. 
