 | 1837 - 828 страници
...researches, seems very doubtful. ' He was mahiiC himsell a' the time,' said Mr. Shortreed ; • but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed:...little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun.'" We must refer to the volume before us for the detailed accounts of the various excursions in which... | |
 | 1838 - 782 страници
...very doubtful. " He was mdkin himsell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about, till years had passed. At first...little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found a note-book of Scott's for the year 1792, containing a variety of scraps and hints... | |
 | 1838 - 728 страници
...time," says one of his companions, " but he didna ken, may be, what he was about, till years had past. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." The honest Writer to the Signet does not seem to have thought it either so funny or so profitable ;... | |
 | 1838 - 1080 страници
...very doubtful. " He was maim' himsell a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about, till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, 1 dare say, but the queerness and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found a note-book of Scott's for the year... | |
 | 1840 - 566 страници
...Border, describes the process well, in saying, " He was making himself all the time, but didna ken may be what he was about till years had passed : at first he thought of little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." The accumulation of these relics at length led... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 страници
...colours, to the canvass. " He was ma kin" himsell a' the time," says one of his companions, "but he didna ken, maybe, what he was about till years had passed....little, I dare say, but the queerness 'and the fun." The honest writer to the signet does not seem to have thought it either so funny or so profitable ;... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 374 страници
...time," says one of his companions, " but he didna ken, may be, what he was about, till years had past. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." The honest Writer to the Signet does not seem to have thought it either so funny or so profitable ;... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 страници
...researches, seems very doubtful. " He was mnkia' himsell a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first ho thought o' little, I dare say, but the queeruess and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 566 страници
...prose works." " He was makin' himsel' a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed ; " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about till years had passed. At first...little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." That overflowing enjoyment of life which so much distinguished Scott at all periods, except the short... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 страници
...researches, seems very doubtful. " He was makin' himself a' the ' time," said Mr. Shorlreed; "but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed:...At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queer- ! ness and the fun." "In those day?," says the Memorandum before ' me, " advocates were not... | |
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He was makin' himsell a' the time,' said Mr. Shortreed ; ' but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : at first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun. 
