 | George Washington - Mount Vernon - 1906 - 330 pages
...when Mr. Lewis & Washington Custis would return, (they were in New Kent) I told him about the 20th. of the month. About 5 o'clock Dr. Craik came again...the bed side, & sat by the fire absorbed in grief. Between 5 & 6 o'clk Dr. Dick & Dr. Brown came into the room, and with Dr. Craik went to the bed; when... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 938 pages
...largely bled. He sank rapidly, and died on December 14th. 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 ;... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 938 pages
...largely bled. He sank rapidly, and died on December 14th. 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; but... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1908 - 516 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 believed...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... | |
 | Charles Morris - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1907 - 682 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... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1909 - 962 pages
...largely bled. He sank rapidly, and died on December 14th. 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; but... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Holidays - 1910 - 368 pages
...away from home, would return. When his lifelong friend, Dr. Craik, came to his bedside, he said : " 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." The doctor was unable to answer from grief, and could only press his hand. He afterward... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 362 pages
...away from home, would return. When his lifelong friend, Dr. Craik, came to his bedside, he said : " 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." The doctor was unable to answer from grief, and could only press his hand. He afterward... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1916 - 188 pages
...want aid of this kind you will find it." When old Dr. Craik called, he whispered, with many gasps: "Doctor, I die hard — but I am not — afraid to go. — I believed — from the — first attack — 170 that I should — not sur — vive it, — my breath — cannot — last... | |
 | William Jackson Johnstone - History - 1919 - 332 pages
...Craik [the family physician] 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 to go."284 "NoT AFRAID TO DIB" Silent and sad his physicians sat by his bedside, looking on him as he... | |
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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. 
