The caption for this 1853 illustration of a novel by Sir Walter Scott reads: Waverley Novels - St Ronan's Well: ""Is Life Gone - is every spark extinct?"" he exclaimed eagerly to a country surgeo, a sensible man, who had been summoned from Marchthorn in the course of the night. The medical man shook his head. Tyrrel rushed to the bedside, and was convinced by his own eyes, that the being whose sorrows he had both caused and shared was now insensible to all earthly calamity. He raised almost a shriek of despair, as he threw himself on the pale hand of the corpse, wet it with tears, devoured it with kisses and played, for a short time, the part of a distracted person"" - St Ronan's Well Part II p 251.
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The caption for this 1853 illustration of a novel by Sir Walter Scott reads: Waverley Novels - St Ronan's Well: ""Is Life Gone - is every spark extinct?"" he exclaimed eagerly to a country surgeo, a sensible man, who had been summoned from Marchthorn in the course of the night. The medical man shook his head. Tyrrel rushed to the bedside, and was convinced by his own eyes, that the being whose sorrows he had both caused and shared was now insensible to all earthly calamity. He raised almost a shriek of despair, as he threw himself on the pale hand of the corpse, wet it with tears, devoured it with kisses and played, for a short time, the part of a distracted person"" - St Ronan's Well Part II p 251.

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Waverley Novels St Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott Marchthorn novel Ronan's Well Tyrrel 19th century Scottish literature author novelist Scotland

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