He was makin' himsell a' the time," said Mr Shortreed; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun. LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. - Side 32af REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN, DUNDEE - 1871Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1837 - 828 sider
...very doubtful. ' He was mahiiC himsell a' the time,' said Mr. Shortreed ; • but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed: At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun.'" We must refer to the volume before us for the detailed accounts... | |
| 1838 - 782 sider
...very doubtful. " He was mdkin himsell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about, till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found a note-book of Scott's for the year 1792,... | |
| 1838 - 1080 sider
...very doubtful. " He was maim' himsell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about, till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, 1 dare say, but the queerness and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found a note-book of Scott's for the year... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 sider
...seems very doubtful. " He was ma/an' himsell a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 sider
...seems very doubtful. " He was makin' himsett a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1839 - 466 sider
...very doubtful. " He was makin 1 himsell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed: at first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." '" In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates... | |
| 1840 - 566 sider
...Border, describes the process well, in saying, " He was making himself all the time, but didna ken may be what he was about till years had passed : at first he thought of little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." The accumulation of these relics at length led... | |
| William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 sider
...canvass. " He was ma kin" himsell a' the time," says one of his companions, "but he didna ken, maybe, what he was about till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness 'and the fun." The honest writer to the signet does not seem to have thought... | |
| Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 sider
...very doubtful. " He was makin' himself a' the ' time," said Mr. Shorlreed; "but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed: At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queer- ! ness and the fun." "In those day?," says the Memorandum before ' me, " advocates... | |
| William Howitt - 1847 - 566 sider
...prose works." " He was makin' himsel' a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed ; " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." That overflowing enjoyment of life which so much distinguished... | |
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