 At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well, well, James, so be it — but you know we must not droop, for we can't afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else:' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed...  The North American Review - Page 5531838Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 828 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length he said with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else' — and so he dismissed me and resumed his novel.' " Ballantyne concludes... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else:' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed his novel." Ballantyne concludes... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 428 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else :' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed hi novel." Ballantyne concludes... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long thao that it should have now at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness — 'Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else ; ' and so he dismissed me, and resumed his novel." Brave, modest, truthful,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 374 pages
...hesitated a little, after the fashion of Gil Blas, but he speedily brought the matter to a point. ' Come,1 he said, ' speak out, my good fellow ; what has put...of. Everybody knows the story of the composition of " Waverly," — the most interesting story in the annals of letters, — and how, some ten years after... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, 1 Well, well, James, so be it — but you know we must...droop, for we can't afford to give over. Since one Une has failed, we must just stick to hornet bin; else:' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed nix... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length, he said with perfect cheerfulness, Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else :' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed his novel." Ballantyne concludes... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 pages
...his poetical popularity should have lasted so long, than that it should have now at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well,...afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else :' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed this novel — He spoke thus,... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - 1852 - 326 pages
...the verse ; but he soon recovered. The great characteristic of the man was his indomitable bravery. " Well, James, so be it ;" but you know we must not...line has failed, we must stick to something else." Byron had just sent him a copy of the " Giaour," inscribed, " To the Monarch of Parnassus, from one... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 pages
...at last given way. At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well, well, James, so bo it—but you know we must not droop, for we can't afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else :'—and so he dismissed me, and resumed this novel....He spoke thus,... | |
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