 I have seen much," he kept saying, "but nothing like my ain house: give me one turn more!" He was gentle as an infant, and allowed himself to be put to bed again the moment we told him that we thought he had had enough for one day. Next morning he was...  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.. - Page 379by John Gibson Lockhart - 1838Full view - About this book
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...rooms, and we moved him leisurely for an hour or more up and down the hall and the great library. " I have seen much," he kept saying, " but nothing like...again, the moment we told him that we thought he had enough for one day. . . . He expressed a wish that I should read to him; and when I asked from what... | |
 | American periodicals - 1853 - 672 pages
...him for an hour or so about the great hall and library, he saying more than once, " I have seen much, but nothing like my ain house ; give me one turn more." He was very gentle, and lay down again as soon as his watchers thought that he had need of rest. Next morning,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 pages
...rooms. And we moved him leisurely, for an hour or more, up and down the hall and the great library. " I have seen much," he kept saying, " but nothing like my ain house. Give me one turn more." . . . He expressed a wish that I should read to him ; and when I asked from what book, he said : " Need you... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - Authors, Scottish - 1852 - 336 pages
...him for an hour or so about the great hall and library, he saying more than once, " I have seen much, but nothing like my ain house ; give me one turn more." He was very gentle, and lay down again so soon as his watchers thought that he had need of rest. Next morning,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...rooms, and we moved him leisurely for an hour or more up and down tho hall and the great library. 'I have seen much,' he kept saying, 'but nothing like...again, the moment we told him that we thought he had enough for one day. * * * He expressed a wish that I should read to him ; and when I asked from what... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...man, to whom Scott was much attached, was the manager of his estate. f Mr. Clarkson was a surgeon. 'but nothing like my ain house; give me one turn more."...enjoying the Bath chair for perhaps a couple of hours, he desired to be drawn into the library and placed by the central window, that he might look down upon... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...rooms, and we moved him leisurely for an hour or more up and down the hall and the great library. "I have seen much," he kept saying, "but nothing like...turn more." He was gentle as an infant, and allowed 30 himself to be put to bed again the moment we told him that we thought he had had enough for one... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1866 - 420 pages
...him leisurely for an hour or more up and down the hall and the great library. "I have seen much," h« kept saying, "but nothing like my ain house, — give...morning he was still better; after again enjoying the Bath-chair for perhaps a couple of hours out of doors, he desired to be drawn into the library, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...we moved him leisurely for ac hour or more up and down the hall and the great library. 'I have seer much,' he kept saying, 'but nothing like my ain house:...again, the moment we told him that we thought he had enough for one day. * * * He expressed a wish that I should read to him; and when I aaked from what... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 pages
...rooms, and he was moved leisurely for an hour or more up and down the hall and the great library. " I have seen much," he kept saying, " but nothing like...allowed himself to be put to bed again the moment he was told that he had had enough for one day. Next morning he was a little better. After again enjoying... | |
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