 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...been assisted to kneel down at the head ot it. Her withered hands were clasped , as if in prayer , hut I could perceive by a feeble rocking of the body,...the earth. There was that bustling stir which breaks sogharshly on the feelings of grief and affection : directions given in the cold tones of business... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...— " George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head gf it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if in prayer...of her son, with the yearnings of a mother's heart. 11. The service being ended, preparations were made to deposit the coffin in the earth. There was that... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 pages
...deceased— " George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped as if in prayer ; but 1 could perceive by a feeble rocking of the body, and a convulsive motion of the lips, that she was... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...deceased — " George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if...and a convulsive motion of the lips, that she was grazing on the last relics of her son, with the yearnings of a mother's heart. The service being ended,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 458 pages
...George Somers, aged 26 years." The Skttch Book. 9 The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if...of her son, with the yearnings of a mother's heart. The service being ended, preparations were made to deposit the coffin in the earth. There was that... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 pages
...deceased — "George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped , as if...was gazing on the last relics of her son, with the yeanlings of a mother's heart. The service being ended, preparations were made to deposit the coffin... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...deceased — " George Somers, aged 26 years." ^1he poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped as if...motion of the lips, that she was gazing on the last relitpes of her son with the yearnings of a mother's heart. The service being ended, preparations were... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 390 pages
...deceased — "George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if in prayer, but 1 could perceive by a feeble rocking of the body, and a convulsive motion of the lips, that she was... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 pages
...deceased — " George Somers, aged 26 years." The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if...of her son, with the yearnings of a mother's heart. The service being ended, preparations were made to deposite the coffin in the earth. There was that... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...gazing on the last reliques of her son with the yearnings of a mother's heart. The service being ended, preparations were made to deposit the coffin in the earth. There was that bustling stir that breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affection : directions given in the cold tones... | |
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The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it. Her withered hands were clasped, as if in prayer, but I could perceive by a feeble rocking of the body, and a convulsive motion of... 
