these capricious periods of the heat and glow of composition have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing-desk, with a clean page, a new theme,... Irvingiana: A Memorial of Washington Irving - Stran liavtor: Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1860 - 64 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1860 - 82 strani
...and glow of composition, have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in any thing outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment...tasks. " Some writers," said he, " appear to have эееп independent of moods. Sir Walter Scott, 'or instance, had great power of writing, and ;ould... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1864 - 476 strani
...heat and glow of composition, have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk, with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." His literary employments, he... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1864 - 464 strani
...any enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk, with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." His literary employments, he remarked, had...great power of writing, and could work almost at any tune. So could Crabbe ; but with this difference — Scott always, and Crabbe seldom, wrote well. I... | |
| 1864 - 520 strani
...glow of composition have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to...writing-desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." There were intervals, as we have seen, when he could not write at all ; and then the mood... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 468 strani
...heat and glow of composition, have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk, with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." His literary employments, he... | |
| Pierre Munroe Irving - 1864 - 456 strani
...heat and glow of composition, have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk, with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." His literary employments, he... | |
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 724 strani
...heat and glow of composition have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment...writing-desk, with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind wide awake." His literary employments, he remarked, had always been more like entertainments than tasks.... | |
| Theodore Tilton - 1870 - 340 strani
...heat ?and glow of composition have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment...theme, and a mind awake." His literary employments, he confessed, had always been more like entertainments than tasks. " "Some writers," said he, "appear... | |
| 1870
...composition have lieen the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anv thing out side of the walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting...with a clean page,, a new theme, and a mind awake.' This literary employment had always l>een more like entertainments than tasks. ' Some writers,' said... | |
| Theodore Tilton - 1870 - 350 strani
...''and glow of composition have been the happiest hours of my life. I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, any enjoyment equal to sitting at my wri.ting-desk,with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake." His literary employments, he confessed,... | |
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