 I am drawing near to the close of my career : I am fast shuffling off the stage. I have been, perhaps, the most voluminous author of the day ; and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principles,...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 332edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1838 - 830 pages
...stage. I hare been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day ; and it ua comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted.' I made no... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 394 pages
...distinguished writer quitted this world, he observed to a friend: "It is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle; and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish to have blotted."... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 380 pages
...I have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day ; and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which on my deathbed I should wish blotted.' I made no reply... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 384 pages
...I have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day ; and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which on my deathbed I should wish blotted.' I made no reply... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pages
...have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day — and it is a comfort to me, to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle — and that I have written nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted.' " This... | |
 | 1843 - 592 pages
...writer, if not the greatest genius, of the present century : " It is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principles, and that I have written nothin^ which on my death-ded I should wish blotted." He appears to have but one object in view, and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 pages
...I have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the day ; and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle.' " Next day, Friday, May 11, Sir Walter left Rome. — " During his stay there" (adds Mr... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 62 pages
...have been, perhaps, the most voluminous author of the day ; and it is a comfort for me to think, that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted." There needs... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted. "* In this utterance of dignified self-complacency, he stands justified by the story of his wondrous... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pages
...have been, perhaps, the most voluminous author of the day, and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principle, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted."* In this... | |
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