. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . n, be virtuous, be religious, be a good man. Nothing elsewill give you any comfort when you come to lie here. He paused and I said:Shall I send for Sophia and Anne? No, said he, dont disturb souls! I know they were up all night. God bless you all! With thishe sank into a very tranquil sleep and, indeed, he scarcely afterwards gaveany sign of consciousness, except for an instant on the arrival of his , on learning that the scene was about to close, obtai
. Life and death : being an authentic account of the deaths of one hundred celebrated men and women, with their portraits . n, be virtuous, be religious, be a good man. Nothing elsewill give you any comfort when you come to lie here. He paused and I said:Shall I send for Sophia and Anne? No, said he, dont disturb souls! I know they were up all night. God bless you all! With thishe sank into a very tranquil sleep and, indeed, he scarcely afterwards gaveany sign of consciousness, except for an instant on the arrival of his , on learning that the scene was about to close, obtained anew leave ofabsence from their posts and both reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed hislast in the presence of his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm that everywindow was wide open, and so perfectly still that the sound, of all others themost delicious to the ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, wasdistinctly audible as we knelt round the bed and his eldest son kissed andclosed his eyes. Authority: Lockharts Life of Scott. 181 A A. No. 84 The Death of Prince Talleyrand. Born 1754. Died 1838. DURING the last year of his life, Prince Talleyrand went much intoSociety and dined out constantly. He desired to put aside thethought of death and to live to the last as if he had many yearsbefore him instead of behind him. One evening in the spring of the year1838 he was dining at the English Ambassadors in Paris, and on rising fromtable his legs failed him and he fell heavily to the ground. He was assistedto rise and he asked what had happened. They told him he had tripped uponthe carpet, and he went into the drawing-room to the ladies conversing gailyas if nothing was amiss until his carriage was announced; but on the wayhome he suffered cruelly. After this he dined out no more, but contentedhimself by seeing his friends at his own hotel in the Rue St. Florentin at thecorner of the Pl
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