 In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe music, moonlight, and roses, and "apostrophise loves, memories, hopes, and fears," with how much ultimate appetite for invention or sympathy may be judged from her declaration that, " there is one...  A Walk from London to Fulham - Page 34by Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laman Blanchard - Authors, English - 1841 - 276 pages
...word, Never seen and never heard'— had a life of duller calm than the indwellers of our square. * * There is one conclusion at which I have arrived, that...mill has an easier life than an author. I am fairly fasged out of my life." Such parties as some of those which are alluded to in the preceding letters,... | |
 | George Willis - 1852 - 114 pages
...idea rather than that of comfort. A few books scattered about completed the author's paraphernalia." In this- attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe,...conclusion at which I have arrived, that a horse in a mill hos an easier life than an author; I am fairly fagged out of my life." Miss Roberts, who had resided... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1852 - 504 pages
...idea rather than that of comfort. A few books scattered about completed the author's paraphernalia." In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe,...conclusion at which I have arrived, that a horse in a mill hns an easier life than an author; I am fairly fagged out of my life." Mies Roberts, who had resided... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - 264 pages
...house between it and " the Pavilion." From the back a flight of steps descended into a small garden. C In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe...much ultimate appetite for invention or sympathy may he judged from her declaration that, " there is one conclusion at which I have arrived, that a horse... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...idea rather than that of comfort. A few books scattered about completed the author's paraphernalia." In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe...loves, memories, hopes, and fears," with how much nltimate appetite for invention or sympathy may be judged from her declaration that, " there is one... | |
 | Alfred Beaver - Chelsea (London, England) - 1892 - 448 pages
...serving for writing-table. She worked very hard indeed ; so hard that she wrote to one of her friends, ' There is one conclusion at which I have arrived, that...than an author. I am fairly fagged out of my life.' The quiet of her situation would therefore be the more agreeable to her, and she playfully exaggerates... | |
 | Reginald Blunt - Chelsea (London, England) - 1921 - 360 pages
...the floor to finish a poem for the waiting press boy ; and she, like others, came to the conclusion that " a horse in a mill has an easier life than an author ; I am fairly fagged out of my life." Admirers of Miss Landon's verse spoke of it as written with a crystal pen, dipped in dew, upon silver... | |
 | Judith Pascoe - Authors and readers - 1997 - 284 pages
...unlike a form of assembly-line production. In a letter reprinted in Blanchard's biography she writes: "There is one conclusion at which I have arrived,...than an author. I am fairly fagged out of my life" (2.2.5). Landon parallels the production of poetry to brute factory labor. If her literary occupation... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1845 - 774 pages
...idea rather than that of comfort. A few books scattered about completed the author's paraphernalia." In this attic did the muse of LEL dream of and describe...than an author. I am fairly fagged out of my life." Mise Roberts, who had resided in the same house with Miss Landon, prefixed a brief memoir to a collection... | |
 | 1877 - 780 pages
...this attic did the muso of LEL dream of and describe music, moonlight, and roses, and " apostrophize loves, memories, hopes, and fears," with how much...arrived, that a horse in a mill has an easier life than un author. I am fairly fugged out of my life." tiYPSY AND THE CHICKENS. THE following interesting fact... | |
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