 Body was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the Room where his Body lay, and my Mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my Battledore in my Hand, and fell a beating the Coffin, and calling Papa; for I know not how I had some slight idea that...  The Hibernian Magazine. ... - Page 201864Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...matter. A passage or two will suggest the spirit and manner of these famous papers. From the Tatler: ' The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time 1 was not qnite five years of age; but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 880 pages
...for the moment also his theme. "The first sense of sorrow I ever knew," Steele says in the 7'ntler, " was upon the death of my father, at which time I was not quite five 3'ears of age : but was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding... | |
 | 1884 - 564 pages
...extract from the Tatler — poor Dick Steele's tender picture of his first introduction to death : "The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the...father, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; bat was rather amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which time 1 was not quite live years of age; bnt Attila. The number of her children is greater than...compensated her for what she has lost in the Old. H lx>dy lay, and my mother pat weeping alone by it. 1 had my battledoor in my hand, and fell a-beating... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pages
...for the moment also his theme. " The first sense of sorrow I ever knew," Steele says in the Taller, " was upon the death of my father, at which time I was...amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding why nobody woald play with us. I remember I went into the room where his body... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 pages
...the moment also his theme. "The first sense of sorrow I ever knew", Steele says in the "Tatler"11'3), "was upon the death of my father, at which time I...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... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1885 - 568 pages
...run over all the melancholy circumstances of this kind which have occurred to me in my whole life. The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my fathern, at which time I was not quite five years of age ; but was rather amazed at what all the house... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together." Ttitler, " was upon the (loath of my father, at which time I was not quite five years...amazed at what all the house meant, than possessed of a real understanding winnobody would play with us. I remember I went into tde room where his body... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 pages
...his mother's grief and his own insensibility to the calamity which had befallen him. He says : — " The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the...what all the house meant, than possessed with a real imderstanding why nobody was willing to play with me. I remember I went into the room where his body... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...the moment also his theme. "The first sense of sorrow I ever knew," Steele says in the Tatler, - - was upon the death of my father, at which time I was...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... | |
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