 ... clever fellow, contrary to the opinion of all who thought me a mere dreamer ; broken-hearted for two years ; my heart handsomely pieced again ; but the crack will remain till my dying day. Rich and poor four or five times ; once on the verge of ruin,...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 96edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 630 pages
...let them flow. My heart clings to the place I have created. There is scarce a tree on it that does not owe its being to me. What a life mine has been!...for a time ; getting forward, and held a bold and a clever fellow, contrary to the opinion of all who thought me a mere dreamer; broken-hearted for two... | |
 | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - 1905 - 392 pages
...his defective education. In his Journal (i. 56, 57) there is a curious little survey of his life : " What a life mine has been ! — half educated, almost...myself, stuffing my head with most nonsensical trash, undervalued in society for a time by most of my companions, getting forward, and held a bold, clever... | |
 | Gerald Le Grys Norgate - Authors, Scottish - 1906 - 428 pages
...Journal one day at the end of the year 1825 : — " What a life mine has been ! — half-educated, almost wholly neglected or left to myself, stuffing...head with most nonsensical trash, and under-valued in society for a time by most of my companions, getting forward and held a bold and clever fellow,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1907 - 868 pages
...following entry in his diary, which reviews the life then virtually ended : — "December 18th, 1825.*— What a life mine has been !— half educated, almost...companions for a time; getting forward, and held a bold, clever fellow, contrary to the opinion of all who thought me a mere dreamer ; broken-hearted for two... | |
 | John Howard Whitehouse - Great Britain - 1913 - 116 pages
...following entry in his diary, which reviews the life then virtually ended : "December i8th, 1825. — What a life mine has been! — half educated, almost...companions for a time : getting forward, and held a bold, clever fellow, contrary to the opinion of all who thought me a mere dreamer; broken-hearted for two... | |
 | John Howard Whitehouse - Great Britain - 1913 - 116 pages
...following entry in his diary, which reviews the life then virtually ended : "December i8th, 1825. — What a life mine has been! — half educated, almost...companions for a time : getting forward, and held a bold, clever fellow, contrary to the opinion of all who thought me a mere dreamer ; broken-hearted for two... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1927 - 968 pages
...wear out," " Family poorly left," " Pity hu took that foolish title" ? Who can answer this question ? What a life mine has been ! — half educated, almost...head with most nonsensical trash, and undervalued in society for a time by most of my companions, getting forward and held a bold and clever fellow,... | |
 | Jane Millgate - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 242 pages
...jotted down in 1825 at a moment when the whole edifice of his career seemed to be crumbling around him: What a life mine has been. Half educated, almost wholly...my head with most nonsensical trash and undervalued in society for a time by most of my companions - getting forward and held a bold and clever fellow,... | |
 | Catherine Jones - English fiction - 2003 - 258 pages
...throughout the journal. Forced to confront the imminence of his own ruin, he writes on 18 December 1825: What a life mine has been. Half educated, almost wholly neglected or left to myself—stuffing my head with most nonsensical trash and undervalued in society for a time by most... | |
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