I was to have gone there on Saturday, in joy and prosperity, to receive my friends. My dogs will wait for me in vain. It is foolish — but the thoughts of parting from these dumb creatures have moved me more than any of the painful reflections I have... The Quarterly Review - Page 402edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1895 - 112 pages
...one comfort. My children are provided for : thank God for that ! I was to have gone home on Saturday to receive my friends. My dogs will wait for me in...creatures have moved me more than any of the painful reflexions I have put down. Poor things ! I must get them kind masters." Again he writes in a more... | |
| John Piersol McCaskey - American literature - 1897 - 592 pages
...poor indebted man, where I was once the wealthy — the honored? I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...kind masters ! There may be yet those who, loving me, may love my dog, because it has been mine. I must end these gloomy forebodings* or I shall lose... | |
| John Ebenezer Bryant - 1899 - 328 pages
...poor indebted man, where I was once the wealthy — the honored ? I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...kind masters ! There may be yet those who, loving me, may love my dog, because it has been mine. I must end these gloomy forebodings, or I shall lose... | |
| Seymour Eaton - 1899 - 338 pages
...poor indebted man, where I was once the wealthy — the honored ? I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...moved me more than any of the painful reflections I ha1e put down. Poor things, I must get them kind masters ! There may be yet those who, loving me, may... | |
| James Hay - Novelists, Scottish - 1899 - 378 pages
..."I have half resolved never to see the place Abbotsford again, I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs will wait for me in vain. It is foolish, but the thought of parting from those dumb creatures has moved me more than any of the painful reflections... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1900 - 604 pages
...wealthy, the honored ? My children are provided ; thank God for that. I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...them kind masters ; there may be yet those who loving me may love my dog because it has been mine. I must end this, or I shall lose the tone of mind with... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 pages
...wealthy, the honored ? My children are provided ; thank God for that. I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...moved me more than any of the painful reflections 1 have put down. Poor things, I must get them kind masters ; there may be yet those who loving me may... | |
| William Henry Hudson - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 332 pages
...the honoured ? My children are provided ; thank God for that ! I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...them kind masters ; there may be yet those who loving me may love my dog because it has been mine. I must end this, or I shall lose the tone of mind with... | |
| William Henry Hudson - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 334 pages
...the honoured ? My children are provided; thank God for that ! I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs will wait for me in vain. It is foolish—but the thoughts of parting from these dumb creatures have moved me more than any of the... | |
| Charles Josselyn - California - 1903 - 320 pages
...wealthy, the honoured ? My children are provided; thank God for that. I was to have gone there on Saturday in joy and prosperity to receive my friends. My dogs...them kind masters; there may be yet those who loving me may love my dog because it has been mine. I must end this, or I shall lose the tone of mind with... | |
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