 | Elizabeth Haven Appleton - Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1891 - 282 pages
...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...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 were so... | |
 | English periodicals - 1892 - 886 pages
...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 completed...months, that one 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... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 232 pages
...intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months." It was in June, 1764, that Walpole began his story, and he completed it August 6. It was published... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 236 pages
...intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months." It was in June, 1764, that Walpole began his story, and he completed it August 6. It was published... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 208 pages
...intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it. ... In short, I was . . . engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months." It was in June, 1764, that Walpole began his story, and he completed it August 6. It was published... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 480 pages
...write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands. . . In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed...o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning." "The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story," was published in 1765.* According to the title page, it was... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 478 pages
...without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands. . . In short, L was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in...o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning." "The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story," was published in 1765.* According to the title page, it was... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pages
...Add, that I was vcrv glad to think of anything rather (linn politics. In short, 1 was so impressed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening 1 wrote from the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning,... | |
 | Hans Reinhard Möbius - English fiction - 1902 - 156 pages
...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...evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about sii o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that... | |
 | 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. ... In ar8D D D — WALPOLE, HORACE, 1765, To Rev. Wttliam Cole, March 9 ; Letters, ed. Cunningham, vol. iv, p. 328.... | |
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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. 
