I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one... The Percy Anecdotes ... - Page 1761839Full view - About this book
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...o'clock, till hah0 an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so weary, that T could not. hold the pen to finish the sentence, but...and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph." It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr Gray writes to Mr... | |
| 1825 - 610 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...and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph." It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr. Gray writes to... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...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...and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph. » It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr Gray writes to... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...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 politics. In short, I was so engrossed...left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a para, graph." It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr Gray... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the...left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.1 — The work is declared by Mr. Walpole to be an attempt to blend the ancient romance and... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so •weary, that I could not bold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph." It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr Gray writes to Mr... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and lingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, hut left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph." It does not seem that the authenticity... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half-an-hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the...and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph. You will laugh at my earnestness ; but, if I have amused you, by retracing with any fidelity the manners... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half-an-hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the...and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph. You will laugh at my earnestness ; but, if I have amused you, by retracing with any fidelity the manners... | |
| Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...after one in the morning; when my hands and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen t» or hia sec-retary of state should judge proper to...it. This I do say, that the foregoing is his majes Crebillon was composing his tragedy of Catiline, a friend called on him, and was sur-prised to see... | |
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