 I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before I get up, and there's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping, half-waking projet de chapitre ; and when I get the paper before me, it commonly runs off pretty easily. Besides, I often...  Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., - Page 2by John Gibson Lockhart - 1848Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 790 pages
...room, and that may do for the mere pen-work ; but when is it that you think ?" " O," said Scott, '• I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before...commonly runs off pretty easily. Besides, I often take a doze in the plantations, and, while Tom marks out a dyke or a drain as I have directed, one's fancy... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...room, and that may do for the mere pen-work; but when is it that you think? " '' 0,"'said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before...de chapitre — and when I get the paper before me, if commo'nly runs off pretty' easily. Besides, I often take a dose in the plantations, and, while Tom... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...room, and that may do for the mere pen-work ; but when is it that you think ? " " O," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before...dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping half-waking projct de chapitre — and when I get the paper before me, it commonly runs off pretty easily. Besides,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 408 pages
...own room, and that may do for the mere pen-work ; but when is it that you think?" " O," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before...the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping halt-waking projet de chapitre — and when I get the paper before me, it eommonly runs off pretty... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 408 pages
...room, and that may do • for the mere pen-work; but when is it that you think?" " O," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before I get up—and there's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping half-waking projet de chapitre—and... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...room, and that may do for the mere pen-work ; but when is it that you think ?" " O," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before I get up—and there's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping half-waking projet do chapitre—and... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1838 - 728 pages
...to a friend who 466 [April, asked when he found time for it, is striking enough. " 0," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before I get up, — and there 's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping half-waking projet de chapitre, — and... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 662 pages
...composition to a friend, who asked when he found time for it, is striking enough. " Oh," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before...and there's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half sleeping, half waking projet de chapitre ; and when I get the paper before me, it commonly runs... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 374 pages
...composition, to a friend who asked when he found time for it, is striking enough : " 0," said Scott, " I lie simmering over things for an hour or so before I get up, — and there 's the time I am dressing to overhaul my half-sleeping half-waking projet de chapitre, — and... | |
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