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" In short, I was so engrossed with my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening, I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that... "
The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 58
1817
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The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most ..., Volume 3

John Colin Dunlop - Fiction - 1814 - 450 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 4

1819 - 808 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two mouths*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left oft'...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 4

England - 1819 - 782 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and ringers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left off...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 4

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...completed in less than two months*, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, ¿bout six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to flnish the sentence, but left off...
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till hah0 an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so weary, that T could not. hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle...
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The Etymological Compendium, Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions ...

William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank tea (about six o'clock) till half an hour past one in the morning, when my hands and fingers were so weary, that I conld not hold my pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Biographical memoirs of eminent ...

Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one...left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a para, graph." It does not seem that the authenticity of the narrative was at first suspected. Mr Gray...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and ..., Volume 4

George Crabbe - 1834 - 346 pages
...the time I had drunk tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the...left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.1 — The work is declared by Mr. Walpole to be an attempt to blend the ancient romance and...
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Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, and Other Distinguished ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one...hands and fingers were so •weary, that I could not bold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking in the middle of a paragraph."...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 3

Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drank my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hands and lingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, hut left Matilda and Isabella...
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