 I think there is a demon who seats himself on the feather of my pen when I begin to write, and leads it astray from the purpose. Characters expand under my hand ; incidents are multiplied ; the story lingers, while the materials increase; my regular mansion...  Waverley Novels - Page xlivby Walter Scott - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 370 pages
...while the materials increase ; my regular mansion turns out a Gothic anomaly, and the work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed....my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 374 pages
...while the materials increase; my regular mansion turns out a Gothic anomaly, and the work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed....my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 378 pages
...while the materials increase ; my regular mansion turns out a Gothic anomaly, and the work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed....brightens, and my conception becomes clearer at every step wiiich I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 880 pages
...Gothic anomaly, and the work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed. Coflaiu. Resolution and determined forbearance might remedy...my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in hi« company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 874 pages
...complete long before I have attained the point I proposed. Capltun. Resolution and determined orhearance might remedy that evil. Author. Alas, my dear Sir,...my imagination brightens, and my conception becomes dearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads rne many a weary mile away from... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 296 pages
...remedy that eviK Author. Alas, my dear sir, you do not know the force of paternal affection—When I light on such a character as Bailie Jarvie, or Dalgetty,...my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | 1823 - 602 pages
...while the materials increase ; my regular mansion (urns out a Gothic anomaly, and thu work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed....my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
...while the materials increase ; my regular mansion turns out a Gothic anomaly, and the work is complete long before I have attained the point I proposed....my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 704 pages
...know the force of paternal affection. When I light on such a character as Bailie Jarvie, or Dalgotty, my imagination brightens, and my conception becomes clearer at every step •which I take in bis company, although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road, and forces me to leap... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1877 - 434 pages
...* The only word altered in the whole passage, and that on the instant. as Baillie Jarvie or Dalgety my imagination brightens and my conception becomes clearer at every step which I make in his company although it leads me many a weary mile away from the regular road and forces me... | |
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