 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
 | William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...fond of it, so that I was very glad to think of any thing rather than politics. In short, I was BO engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less...that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea (about six o'clock) till half an hour past one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1857 - 552 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 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,...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... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - Literary Criticism - 1862 - 352 pages
...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. In short . I was BO engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from... | |
 | 1863 - 394 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,...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 374 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - Adventure stories, English - 1874 - 546 pages
...knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew in my hands, and I grew fond of it. In short I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea, about six o'clock, till half-an-hour... | |
 | Richard Stuteley Cobbett - Twickenham (London, England) - 1872 - 458 pages
...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 so engrossed with my tale, which I...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 hand and fingers were so weary... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 408 pages
...to say or relate. The work grew on his hands, and he grew fond of it. " In short," says Waipole, " I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed...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... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1873 - 662 pages
...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,...completed in less than two months, that one evening- 1 wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning-,... | |
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