 The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it— add, that 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...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 971860Full view - About this book
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing hi 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 rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less... | |
 | 1825 - 610 pages
...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 any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 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 with my tale, which 1 completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...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 than politics. In short, I was so engrossed...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,... | |
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...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 than politics. 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 - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 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...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 lingers were so weary,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...evening, I 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 I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so impressed with my tale, which I completed in less... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...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 any thing rather than politics. ID short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less... | |
 | 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 of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so impressed with my tale, which I completed In leu... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 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, «hat I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was so engrossed with... | |
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