 I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it — add that I was very glad to think of anything rather than politics — In short I was so engrossed with...  The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story - Page 224by Clara Reeve - 1883 - 405 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Biography - 1817 - 504 pages
...grew fond of it. Add, that 1 was very glad to think of any thing rather than polltics. In short, 1 was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrute from the time I had drunk ray tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning,... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 450 pages
....relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1816 - 538 pages
...hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I ' was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. la short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers... | |
 | England - 1819 - 792 pages
...ip 100. grew on my bands, and I grew fond of it. — Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...months*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, ¿bout six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers... | |
 | England - 1819 - 782 pages
...p. 10ft grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. — Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...months*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and ringers... | |
 | 1819 - 808 pages
...ip 100. grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. — Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two mouths*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till hah0 an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so weary, that T could not. hold... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which 1 completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it, so that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I comDieted in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea (about six... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...Add, that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so impressed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers... | |
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