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" ... to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, " Adsum ! " and fell back. It was the word we... "
The Cambridge History of English Literature: The nineteenth century. II - Page 296
edited by - 1916
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The Living Age, Volume 252

1907 - 848 pages
...used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, bad answered to his name, and stood in the presence of The Master." Linoit Melville. THE SURGEON'S POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH. Gradually, progressively, almost imperceptibly,...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1911 - 588 pages
...of Major Henry William Carmichael Smyth, 9th September, 1861, •ged 81 years. ' Adeum.' " ' And lo, he whose heart Was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' ' Newcomes,' vol. iii. chap. 26. On the rebuilding of the church his grave was brought within the walls....
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1888 - 558 pages
...memory of Major Henry William Carmichael Smyth, 9th September, 1861, aged 81 yean. ' Adsum.' ' And lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' ' Newcomes,' vol. iii. chap. 26. On the rebuilding of the church his grave wag brought within the walls....
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, Volume 2

William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 444 pages
...quickly said " Adsum! " and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I strayed...
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, Volume 1

William Makepeace Thackeray - Families - 1855 - 428 pages
..." Adsum !" and fell back. It was the wordjpe used at school, when names were called ; 4fnd lo, her, whose heart was as that of a little child, had answered...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. f Two years ago, walking with my children in Dome pleasant fields, near to Berne in Switzerland, I...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1900 - 874 pages
...light, he crept slowly up to bed ; and he fell asleep whispering to the shadows around him : ' And he whose heart was as that of a little child had answered...his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' Death had become a reality for Abner Jones. And the sting of death had touched him first through one...
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Thackeray and Modern Fiction. Cut from London Quarterly Review, Jul. 1864 ...

1864 - 84 pages
...fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was that of a little child, had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of the Master.' The colonel is an exception to the ordinary run of Mr. Thackeray's characters, who rarely combine the...
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Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...3 1 am present. and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. • THE LAST DAYS OF GEORGE HI. From The Four Georges. All the world knows the story of his malady:...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 6

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 522 pages
...said, " Adsum ! " and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Two years ago, walking with my children in some pleasant fields, near to Berne, in Switzerland, I strayed...
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Class-book of Science and Literature

Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...said ' Adsum ! ' l and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called ; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, had...his name, and stood in the presence of The Master. Charles Dickens : 1812— Death of Paul Dombey. — From ' Dombey and Son.' Paul had never risen from...
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