 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 principle,...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 323edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 404 pages
...near the close of my career. 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...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 authorship.... | |
 | 1856 - 864 pages
...shuffling off the stage. I have been ;«-rhaps the most voluminous author of liie day ; and it i* a comfort to me to think that I have tried to unsettle no min's faith, to corrupt no man's prin••iple*, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...near the close of my career. 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...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 authorship.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1857 - 364 pages
...near the close of my career, 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...nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted." A strong home-sickness now crossed his mind ; his shocks continuing and increasing, left him no hope... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...before he died, he said : " 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, and that I have written nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted." Melrose... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - United States - 1867 - 748 pages
...off the stage. I 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...nothing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted." There needs more of that spirit to which Alexander Pope gave brilliant and beautiful utterance, in... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1867 - 426 pages
...my career. I have been, perhaps, the most voluminous author of the day, and it is a comfort to ine to think that I have tried to unsettle no man's faith,...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 authorship.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1868 - 608 pages
...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, and that I have written nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted." ' Sir Walter... | |
 | American periodicals - 1868 - 850 pages
...shuffling off the stage. I have been, perhaps, the most Toluminous 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, and that I have written nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted." ' Sir Walter... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1868 - 612 pages
...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, and that I have written nothing which on my death-bed I should wish blotted." ' Sir Walter... | |
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