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
| John N. Crawford - Authors, English - 1903 - 442 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... | |
| Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1904 - 496 pages
...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...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... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 812 pages
...write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands. ... drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning. — WALPOLE, HORACE, 1765,... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 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; —...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... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 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; —...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... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 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; —...than two months, that one evening I wrote from the tune I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand... | |
| Thomas Gray - Poets, English - 1912 - 480 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,...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,... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poets, English - 1912 - 482 pages
...I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands and I grew fond »f it, — add, that I wag very glad to think of anything, rather than politics....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,... | |
| Francis Cotterell Hodgson - England - 1913 - 464 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...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... | |
| Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1914 - 428 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... | |
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