 ... of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1491819Full view - About this book
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 372 pages
...in the least what I intended to say or 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...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning ; when my hands and fingers... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...in the least what I intended to say or 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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, «hat I was very glad to think of any thing rather than...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and fingers... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what 1 intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. Add, that...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...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...very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. ID short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 340 pages
...write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. Die work grew on my hands, and 1 grew fond of it. Add, that I was very glad to think...any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so impressed with my tale, which I completed In leu than two months, that one evening I wrote from the... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...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 any thing 1 The first edition of this work, of which but very few copies were printed, is now extremely rare.... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...fond of it ; so that I was very glad to think of anything rather than politics. In short, 1 was во engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning; when my hands and fingers... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1839 - 674 pages
...relat..'. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it; so that I was very glad to think of anything rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning; when my hands and fingers... | |
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