 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...at what all the house meant, tlian possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...says in the " Tatler," " was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age : but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...says in the " Tatler," " was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age : but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody would play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 442 pages
...of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house...lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledoor in my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling Papa ; for, I know not how, I had... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite rive years of age; but •was rather amazed at what all the house...meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nohody was willing' to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and nvy mother... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 492 pages
...Dublin, not quite five years of age. " That was the first sensation of grief," Dick said, " I ever knew. I remember I went into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate weeping beside it. I had my battledore iii my hand, and fell a-beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 780 pages
...of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house...had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coflin, and calling papa ; for, I know not how, I had some slight idea that he was locked up there.... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but waa rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a re.il understanding why nobody was \mlling to play with me. I remember I went into the room where the... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1861 - 368 pages
...of age; but was rather amazed at what all the houfe meant than poffefTed with a real underftanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember...went into the room where his body lay, and my mother fat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
 | 1861 - 100 pages
...of his own first sensation of grief in the very words of that immortal paper in the Spectator — ' I remember I went ' into the room where his body lay, and my mother sate ' weeping beside it. 1 had my battledore in my hand and * fell a beating the coffin, and calling... | |
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The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed with a real understanding why nobody was willing to play with me. 
