On her bureau lay a small, brass ornament of simple design and faded engraving -- an object which, Pamela believed now, had been the property of her great-grandfather, Major Hiram Munroe Culver.

On the social side, the chore Mama had at the formal receptions at the White House thrilled her the most.

On the anniversary of her father's death she poured out with agonized tears her feelings of guilt about not having attended his funeral.

On her first visit the orthodontist will take x-rays, photographs, tooth measurements, and `` tooth prints '' -- an impression of the mouth that permits him to study her teeth and jaws.

On arriving in Tokyo later we were met by Masu who took us immediately to her university, the Japanese Women's University.

On that first day, Blanche literally thought she was going to die, or, at the very least, go out of her mind.

On the morning of Stanley's return, however, her strength left her.

On my way out I told her, `` If you should eh just happen to see your husband, get him to give himself up.

Of course On Thursday, Haney mailed the monthly check for separate maintenance to his wife Lolly, and wished the stranger could do something about her

On the whole, however, one must wonder at just what it is that forces a beloved artist to besmirch her own reputation as time marches inexorably on.

And then I remembered a few years before after their return from a short trip to Rome I had heard her boast, over and over again, `` On the boat people liked me for myself ''.

On the defensive, he added, `` I wish you'd think what it must be like for her to be without Greg, to be a new widow, a young widow ''.

On her way to the airport, on her way to Paris -- you bet, Lucy said to herself.

He leafed through the light reading provided by Mrs. Kirby for her guests: four separate adventures of the Bobbsey Twins ( At the Seashore, At the Mountains, On the Farm, and In Danger ) and several agricultural bulletins on the treatment of hoof-and-mouth disease in cattle, hideously illustrated.

On the other hand, if she didn't remove her own things, it would be difficult to explain to the parade of guests which traversed the apartment.

On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell, Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship, the Aj.

On August 16, 1837, Lincoln wrote Mary a letter suggesting he would not blame her if she ended the relationship.

On the pinnacle of that mountain, the words of the poem started to come to her, and she wrote them down upon returning to her hotel room at the original Antlers Hotel.

On his deathbed in 1836, he ordered that an inscription be placed upon his tombstone: Tandem Felix ( Happy at Last ).

On his deathbed Amalric bequeathed Nablus to Maria and Isabella, both of whom would retire there.

On his deathbed, Abu Bakr appointed Umar as his successor without an election by the community of Believers.

On his deathbed Charles II had bequeathed the entire Spanish inheritance to Louis XIV's grandson, Philip, Duke of Anjou.

On his deathbed, Origen had made a bequest of his private library to the Christian community in the city.

On his deathbed, Conrad yielded the crown to his main rival, Henry of Saxony ( r. 919 – 36 ), who was elected king at the Diet of Fritzlar in 919.

On his deathbed, Tetzel received a magnanimously penned correspondence from Martin Luther, stating that the child ( i. e. the scandal ) had a different father.

On November 10, 1928, when the " Fighting Irish " team was losing to Army 6-0 at the end of the half, Rockne entered the locker room and told the team the words he heard on Gipp's deathbed in 1920: " I've got to go, Rock.

On his deathbed he was exhibited with the black square above him, and mourners at his funeral rally were permitted to wave a banner bearing a black square.

On January 8, 1324, despite physicians ' efforts to treat him, Polo was on his deathbed.

On his deathbed, Murad IV ordered the execution of his mentally disabled brother, Ibrahim I ( reigned 1640 – 48 ), which would have meant the end of the Ottoman line ; but the order was not carried out.

On his deathbed, Mr. Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sisters ; however, John's selfish and greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege.

On his deathbed he accuses Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, the governor of Syria, of poisoning him.

On his deathbed he refused to receive the last sacraments of the Church.

On his deathbed, in the presence of only two witnesses, his nephew Frederick Barbarossa and the Bishop of Bamberg, he allegedly designated Frederick his successor, rather than his own surviving six-year-old son Frederick.

On 23 November 1991, in a prepared statement made on his deathbed, Mercury confirmed that he had AIDS.

On his deathbed, he named his younger brother, Sun Quan, as his heir.

On his deathbed, Henry V entrusted Matilda with the imperial insignia.

On his deathbed, he committed a manuscript to his chaplain, ordering him to consult with Libert Fromondus, a theology professor at Leuven, and Henri Calenus, a canon at the metropolitan church, and to publish the manuscript if they agreed it should be published, adding " If, however, the Holy See wishes any change, I am an obedient son, and I submit to that Church in which I have lived to my dying hour.

On his deathbed, he knew that his son was still too young to be considered a realistic heir, so he entrusted the 18-year-old Sun Quan to his faithful subordinates.

On his deathbed, Bolívar asked his aide-de-camp, General Daniel F. O ' Leary to burn the remaining, extensive archive of his writings, letters, and speeches.

On his deathbed, Ivan appointed a council consisting of Godunov, Feodor Nikitich Romanov, Vasili Shuiski and others, to guide his son and successor, for Feodor was feeble both in mind and body ; " he took refuge from the dangers of the palace in devotion to religion ; and though his people called him a saint, they recognized that he lacked the iron to govern men.

On his deathbed, he reportedly asked to be reconciled to his father, but King Henry, fearing a trick, refused to see him.

On her deathbed, she convinces her father to free Tom, but because of circumstances the promise never materializes.

On his deathbed in 1020 Manuel commended his two surviving sons Isaakios and Ioannes to the emperor's care.