I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life... Books and Their Writers - 53 psl.autoriai: Stuart Petre Brodie Mais - 1920 - 343 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| 1917 - 882 psl.
...as I deal in. But I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before I finished the first chapter. No, 1 must keep to... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 psl.
...reply from Miss Austen on the nature of her genius. " I could not sit seriously down," she declared, " to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or at other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter." Jane Austen... | |
| James Edward Austen-Leigh - 1871 - 396 psl.
...as I deal in. But I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up and never relax into laughing at myself or at other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter. No, I must... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 psl.
...villages as I deal; but I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or at other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter. No, I must... | |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1874 - 368 psl.
...replies : ' I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not seriously sit down to write a romance under any other motive than to save my life...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before the first chapter.' There is a delightful collection... | |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1874 - 310 psl.
...replies : ' I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not seriously sit down to write a romance under any other motive than to save my life...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before the first chapter.' There is a delightful collection... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1876 - 628 psl.
...she protested, she could no more write a romance than an epic poem. " I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or at other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter. No, I must... | |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1876 - 412 psl.
...replies : ' I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not seriously sit down to write a romance under any other motive than to save my life...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before the first chapter.' There is a delightful collection... | |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1877 - 316 psl.
...replies: "I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not seriously sit down to write a romance under any other motive than to save my life;...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before the first chapter." There is a delightful collection... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 psl.
...as I deal in. But I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive...keep it up, and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before I had finished the first chapter. No ; I must keep... | |
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