 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 208 pages
...the uppermost bannister 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. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 232 pages
...the uppermost bannister 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. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 232 pages
...the uppermost bannister 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. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 478 pages
...on the uppermost banister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armor. 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. . . In short, L was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two... | |
 | Susan Hale - Eighteenth century - 1898 - 334 pages
...on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor. 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 glad to think of anything rather than politics.... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1899 - 232 pages
...Exchequer, Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats in the Exchequer, he received nearly tv without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate." So began the tale which professed to be translated by " William Marshal, gentleman, from the Italian... | |
 | 1906 - 1102 pages
...on the uppermost banister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armor. 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. ..." Thus his play castle, which occupied his mind even in his dreams, was the origin... | |
 | Hans Reinhard Möbius - English fiction - 1902 - 156 pages
...the uppermost banuister 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 of anything, rather... | |
 | John N. Crawford - Authors, English - 1903 - 442 pages
...on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor. 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 of anything rather than... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1904 - 496 pages
...on the uppermost banister 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 intend) d to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it — add that I was very... | |
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I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. 
