 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...one of his letters to Mr. Cole, in the British Museum, dated March 9, 1765, he gives the following as the origin of this romance : — "I waked one morning...beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could remember was, that I thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1845 - 492 pages
...romance is given by the author himself in a letter to Mr Cole, dated Strawberry-Hill, March 9, 1 709. " Shall I confess to you what was the origin of this...the beginning of last June from a dream, of which I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a veiy natural dream for a head... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...which he contradicts the ordinary assertion, that it was completed in eight days. "9th March 1763. Shall I confess to you what was the origin of this romance 1 I awaked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 490 pages
...what was the origin of this ro inance? I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from u dreum, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought...myself in an ancient castle, (a very natural dream fur ahead filled like mine with Gothic story,) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase,... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 528 pages
...compose it, is singular, and is thus narrated by the author in a letter dated 8th March, 1763:— " Shall I confess to you what was the origin of this...could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancieut castle, (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story,) and that on the... | |
 | William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...a letter to Mr. Cole, now in the British Museum, gives the following account of its origin i — " I waked one morning in the beginning of last June...was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle, and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Classical dictionaries - 1853 - 478 pages
...now in the British Museum, gives the following account of its origin : — " I waked one morning iu the beginning of last June from a dream, of which...was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle, and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening... | |
 | 1860 - 860 pages
...Walpole to compose a tale that should transport the reader to the times in which he half lived himself. I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I coald recover was that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - Adventure stories, English - 1874 - 546 pages
...given by the author himself, in a letter dated March 9th, 1769. " Shall I confess to you," he writes, " what was the origin of this romance ? I waked one...an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine, filled with gothic story), and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1873 - 662 pages
...panel, did not you recollect the portrait of Lord Falkland, all in white, in my g-allery ? Shall I even confess to you what was the origin of this romance...thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural drearn for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great... | |
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I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine filled with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost banister... 
