 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
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 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 death-bed, I should wish blotted.'" His moral,... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1873 - 244 pages
..."I have been, perhaps, the most voluminous author of my day; and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt...nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted out." His last injunction to his son-in-law was : "Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you.... | |
 | 1872 - 156 pages
...have been perhaps the most voluminous author of the da}• : 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." See Lockhart's... | |
 | James Davies (of Southport.) - 1873 - 228 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...nothing which, on my deathbed, I should wish blotted," — was buried at Dryburgh Abbey. Scott's character is peculiarly noble. There were blended in him... | |
 | William Graham - 1873 - 398 pages
...drawing near the close of his life, he said that he derived consolation from the reflection that " he had tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt no man's principles, and that he had written nothing which on his death-bed he could wish blotted." We recur to them, then, wtth... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 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.' " The following... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 408 pages
...been," he said, " perhaps the most voluminous author of my day, and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt...nothing which on my deathbed I should wish blotted out." His last injunction to his son-in-law was: " Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you.... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1885 - 524 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 death-bed I should wish blotted.' These words,... | |
 | Hildebrand - 1876 - 380 pages
...I have been perhaps the most volumineus 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." aa bl. 333.... | |
 | J. W. Appleton - 1879 - 216 pages
..." I have been perhaps the most voluminous writer of my day, and it is a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith, to corrupt...nothing which, on my deathbed, I should wish blotted out." It is frequently the case, too, that the ideas, and even whole works, of authors of distinguished... | |
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