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" 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 in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence,... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 147
1819
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 11

Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two 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 were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda...
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The borough, continued. Occasional pieces. The world of dreams. Tales

George Crabbe - 1834 - 340 pages
...tale, which I completed In leu 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...not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.' — The work is declared by Mr. Walpole...
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Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, and Other Distinguished ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two 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 were so •weary, that I could not bold the pen to finish the sentence, but left...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Biographical memoirs of eminent ...

Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two 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 were so* weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 3

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...
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Correspondence ... with George Montagu ... hon. H.S. Conway [and ..., Volume 2

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...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 in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold...
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The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq., [and Others ...

Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...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 in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold...
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The Percy Anecdotes, Revised Edition: To which is Added, a Valuable ...

Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank S_Y x ,M c, 3 != . ݯ nY W f; K ~6~ % un ! d ?G{D hands and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen t» finish the sentence, but left Matilda...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Including Numerous ..., Volume 5

Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...Juan, c. xvi. st. 18.—E. 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...not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph. You will laugh at my earnestness; but if...
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The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright].

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...Juan, c. xvi. at. 18. — E. 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...not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph. You will laugh at my earnestness; but if...
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