 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...  Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler ... - Page 281by Nathan Drake - 1810 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 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...Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph." The following modest advertisement is taken from the Mercurius Publicus for November 20, 1663. " Newly... | |
 | 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...and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph." PUFFING. The following modest advertisement is taken from the Mercurius Publicus for November 20, 1663.... | |
 | 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...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 (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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 report it. This I do say, that the fore CREBILLON. When Crebillon was composing his tragedy of Catiline, a friend called on him, and was sur-prised... | |
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