 At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began 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,  Fielding - Page 118by Austin Dobson - 1905 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...that he was not asleep. At the usual evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as...he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, " Adaum !" and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1884 - 268 pages
...at the evening hour, just as Thackeray heard the chapel bell begin to toll, when "Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time, and just as...peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted his head a little, and quickly said ' Adsum', and fell back. It was the word he had used at school... | |
 | 1887 - 374 pages
...evening hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar...quickly said ' Adsum,' and fell back. It was the word he had used at . school when names were called ; and lo ! he whose heart was as that of a little child... | |
 | Charles Augustus Chase - 1887 - 60 pages
...court, — the last remnant of the monastery, — the windows of the room where on a certain evening, "just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over 28 his [the Colonel's] face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said *Adsum!' and fell... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1888 - 434 pages
...certain evening, "just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his [the Colonel's] face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said 'Adsum!' and fell back." Of these ten great schools Winchester is the eldest, though not the most widely celebrated. Its founder,... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1888 - 426 pages
...court, — the last remnant of the monastery, — the windows of the room where on a certain evening, "just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his [the Colonel's] face, and 'he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said 'Adsum!' and fell back."... | |
 | 1889 - 48 pages
...hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands, outside the bed, feebly beat a tune. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet...fell back. It was the word we used at school when the names were called; and lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child, had answered to his name,... | |
 | Christopher Perren - 1889 - 442 pages
...Newcom's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the bell struck the last time, a peculiar smile shone over his face and he lifted up his head...fell back. It was the word we used at school when our names were called, and lo, he whose heart was as that of a little child, had answered to his name... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1889 - 928 pages
...hour the chapel bell began to toll, and Thomas Newcome' a hands, outside the bed, feebly beat a tnne. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted np his head a little, and quickly said, ' Adsnm,' and fell back. It was the word we used at school... | |
 | Brinton Webb Woodward - 1890 - 336 pages
...evening hour, the chapel bell began to toll and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat a time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar...and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said ' Adsnm,' and fell back. It was the word we used at school when names were called; and lo, he whose... | |
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