He was makin' himsell a' the time," said Mr Shortreed; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun. The North American Review - Seite 417herausgegeben von - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1837 - 828 Seiten
...the time,' said Mr. Shortreed ; • but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed: At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun.'" We must refer to the volume before us for the detailed accounts of the various excursions in which... | |
| 1838 - 782 Seiten
...the time," said Mr. Shortreed, " but he did na ken, may be, what he was about, till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." Mr. Lockhart found a note-book of Scott's for the year 1792, containing a variety of scraps and hints... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1839 - 466 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed: at first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." '" In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1848 - 464 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : at first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." ' " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." "In those days," says the Memorandum before me, ;i advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1850 - 868 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed : At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." " In those days," says the Memorandum before me, " advocates were not so plenty — at least about... | |
| James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 540 Seiten
...a' the time," said Mr. Shortreed ; " but he didna ken maybe what he was about till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun." And thus, insensibly or sensibly, he " made himself." In 1796 his first book appeared, — a translation... | |
| Blanchard Jerrold - 1872 - 502 Seiten
...the time,' said Mr. Shortreed ; ' but he didna ken, may be, what he was about till years had passed. At first he thought o' little, I dare say, but the queerness and the fun.' " And thus, insensibly or sensibly, he " made himself ; " or rather, Nature — circumstance — made... | |
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