 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 790 pages
...the gale bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that...in my youth, a desperate climber, a bold rider, a de«p drinker, and a stout player at single-stick, of all which valuable qualities there are now but... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...21—26, show :] " There is a touch of the old spirit iu me yet, that bids me brave the tempest,—the spirit that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made...which valuable qualities there are now but slender * One раке of his MS. answers to from four to five of the closely-printed pages of the original... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1838 - 510 pages
...sheltered, ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that bids me brave the tempest,—the spirit that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made...drinker, and a stout player at single-stick, of all which•valuable qualities there are now but slender remains. I worked hard when I came in, and finished... | |
 | 1838 - 472 pages
...now—but I remember thinking it worse than hunger. Uninterrupted to-day, and did eight leaves."* " There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that bids me brave the tempest,—the spirit that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made me a roaring boy in my youth, a... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1838 - 512 pages
...the gale bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. Ther.e is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that bids me brave the tempest,—the spirit that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made me a roaring boy in my youth, a... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 396 pages
...the gale bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that...hard when I came in, and finished five pages. " March 26 — Despatched packets Colonel and * Nimrod — a stag-hound. Captain Fergusson arrived to breakfast.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 396 pages
...the gale bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that...hard when I came in, and finished five pages. " March 26 — Despatched packets Colonel and * Nimrod — a stag-hound. Captain Fergusson arrived to breakfast.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1862 - 348 pages
...the gale bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that...that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made me a roaring'boy in my youth, a desperate climber, a bold rider, a deep drinker, and a stout player at single-stick,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 pages
...with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a * Nimrod, a stag-hound. touch of the old spirit in me yet, that bids me brave...when I came in, and finished five pages." " March 26th. — I had previously determined to give myself a day to write letters ; and this day will do... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1873 - 1014 pages
...the gaits bravely. Tom Purdie was not with me. He would have obliged me to keep the sheltered ground. There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that...single-stick, of all which valuable qualities there are DOW but slender remains. I worked hard when I came in, and finished five pages. " March 26. — Despatched... | |
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There is a touch of the old spirit in me yet, that bids me brave the tempest — the spirit that, in spite of manifold infirmities, made me a roaring boy in my youth, a desperate climber, a bold rider, a deep drinker, and a stout player at single-stick,... 
