 | William Shakespeare - 1924 - 202 σελίδες
...Scott was referring to his shroud when he said to Laidlaw: "I would fain keep all the cry as well as the wool to ourselves ; but as to giving over work, that can only be when I am in woollen " (Lockhart's Life of Scott, ed. 1837, iv. 258). 36. earnest] first instalment, paid as a pledge or... | |
 | 1837 - 598 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, " Nay, Willie," he answered, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...Scott lay, and that, though he often turned himself upon the pillow with a groan of torment, he usually continued the sentence in the same breath. But... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 790 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, " Nay, Willie," he answered, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...Scott lay, and that though he often turned himself upon the pillow with a .eroan of torment, he usually continued the sentence in the same breath. Out... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1837 - 504 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, 'Nay, Willie,' he answered, 'only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...me that after the first day he always took care to hare a dozen of pens made before he seated himself opposite to the sofa on which Scott lay, and that,... | |
 | 1837 - 828 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, ' N»y, Willie' he answered, ' only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...work, that can only be when I am in woollen." John Rallantync told me that after the 6rst day he always took care to have a dozen of pens made before... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, " Nay, Willie," he answered, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as -well as all the...over work, that can only be when I am in woollen." Jobn Ballantyne told me that after the first day he always took care to have a dozen of pens made before... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, " Nay, Willie," he answered, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...but as to giving over work, that can only be when 1 am in woollen." John Ballantyne told me that after the first day he always took care to have a dozen... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 404 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, " Nay, Willie," he answered, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool to ourselves ; but as to giving overwork, that can only be when I am in woollen." John Ballantyne told me that after the first day... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 σελίδες
...audible suffering filled every pause, ' Nay, Willie,' he answered, 'only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...only be when I am in woollen.' " John Ballantyne told Lockhart that after the first day he always took care to have a dozen of pens made before he seated... | |
 | Xavier Donald MacLeod - 1852 - 326 σελίδες
...would beg him to cease working. " Nay, Willie," he would answer, " only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool...over work, that can only be when I am in woollen."* When Mr. Lockhart saw him somewhat later, " his clothes hung loose about him, his countenance was meagre,... | |
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The affectionate Laidlaw beseeching him to stop dictating, when his audible suffering filled every pause, "Nay, Willie," he answered, "only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as all the wool to ourselves; but as to giving... 
