Quote#Death
He did not speak again till just before he died, when he kissed his…
Quote byJohn Oliver Hobbes · 1867–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sinner's Comedy (1892), ch. 1.
English (original)
He did not speak again till just before he died, when he kissed his wife’s hand with singular tenderness and called her "Elizabeth." She had been christened Augusta Frederica; but then, as the doctors explained, dying men often make these mistakes.
— John Oliver Hobbes
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