 | 1805 - 574 pages
...of bread and butter for my supper; I then played alone at grandc pa~ lience,* and went to bed more or less sorrowful (I am almost ashamed to own it,) as the gapie had proved more or less successful.'— ' The diversion of ahooiing was extremely agreeable to... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...\rtiatmsatihy "eart'prdcore. Whoever (says the German dramatist) whoever has undergone a ••aeries of misfortunes must certainly have experienced that...prone to superstition than when under the immediate control of grief. What would at bther times be accounted as a mere nothing acquires importance {hiring... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 428 pages
...then played alone atgrande patience, a kind of fortune-telling game at cards, and went to . bed more or less sorrowful (I am almost ashamed to own it) as the game bad proved more or less successful. Shooting was a most agreeable amusement, and although we were miserably... | |
 | 1827 - 292 pages
...slice of bread and butter for my supper; I then played alone at grande patience,* and went to bed more or less sorrowful (I am almost ashamed to own it)...successful. Whoever has undergone a series of misfortunes, * A kind of fortune-telling game at cards. must certainly have experienced that the mind is never more... | |
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... generally drank tea with me, over which we repeated the story of our misfortunes, imparted to each other our hopes, or combated each other's fears. After his departure I again read Seneca, and ate a slice of bread and butter for my supper; I then... 