 I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take my chair ; for there is a confounded hand in sight of me here, which has often bothered me before, and now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will.  Life: A Book for a Quiet Hour ... - Page 242by Cunningham Geikie - 1868 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1870 - 624 pages
...The describer is a young lawyer, living close and at right angles to Scott's house in Edinburgh. ' There is a confounded hand in sight of me here, which...before, and now it won't let me fill my glass with good-will. Since we sat down, I have been watching it ; it fascinates my eye ; it never stops ; page... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1896 - 300 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. ' No ! ' said he. ' I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will.' I rose to change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to me this hand, which, like the writing... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 460 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. " No," said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...often bothered me before, and now it won't let me fill rny glass with a good will." I rose to change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to me... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 pages
...being unwell. " A'o," said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit w here you are, and take my chair ; for there is a confounded hand in siijht of me here, which has often bothered me before, and now it •won't let me fill my glass with... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 432 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. " No," said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will." I rose to change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to me this hand which, like the writing... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. " No," said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will." I rose to change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to me this hand which, like the writing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. "No,' said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...there is a confounded hand in sight of me here, which hns often bothered pie before, and now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will." I rose to cnange... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 pages
...something that intimated a fear of his being unwell. " No," said he, " I shall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will." I rose to change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to me this hand which, like the writing... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1850 - 868 pages
...unwell. " No," e«id he, " I «hall be well enough presently, if you will only let me sit where you arc, and take my chair; for there is a confounded hand...now it won't let me fill my glass with a good will." 1 rose1 U> change places with him accordingly, and he pointed out to mo this hand which, like the writing... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - 1852 - 324 pages
...shade upon his friend's face and asked if he were ill. " No," he replied, " I shall be well enough if you will only let me sit where you are, and take...now it wont let me fill my glass with a good will." The young men changed places, and Menzies pointing out the annoying hand, said, " since we sat down,... | |
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