 The calm, the coolness, the silent grass-growing mood in which a man ought always to compose, — that, I fear, can seldom be mine. Dollars damn me ; and the malicious Devil is forever grinning in upon me, holding the door ajar. My dear Sir, a presentiment...  Works - Page 400by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1922 - 772 pages
...previously quoted he wrote: "The calm, the coolness, the silent grass-growing mood in which a man ovfitit always to compose — that, I fear, can seldom be...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." And with a touch of humor he adds: "I'm rather sore, perhaps, in this letter." Being of an uncompromising... | |
 | 1884 - 540 pages
...in all things, and yet confess a dislike to all mankind — in the mass. But not so. — But it 's an endless sermon, — no more of it. I began by saying...my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by hoes and hammers within the last few days. It is a rainy morning ; so I am indoors, r.nd all work suspended.... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1884 - 546 pages
...thither by circumstances. The calm, the coolness, the silent grass-growing mood in which a man ouglit always to compose, — that, I fear, can seldom be...see my hand! — four blisters on this palm, made by hoes and hammers within the last few days. It is a rainy morning; so I am indoors, and all work suspended.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884 - 544 pages
...I feel most moved to write, that is banned, — it will not pay. Yet, altogether, write the oilier way I cannot. So the product is a final hash, and...my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by hoes and hammers within the last few days. It is a rainy morning ; so I am indoors, and all work suspended.... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1885 - 540 pages
...in all things, and yet confess a dislike to all mankind — in the mass. But not so. — But it 'B an endless sermon, — no more of it. I began by saying...my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by hoes and hammers within the last few days. It is a rainy morning ; so I am indoors, and all work suspended.... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1885 - 542 pages
...a third-story room, and work and slave on my " Whale " while it is driving through the press. T/iat is the only way I can finish it now, — I am so pulled...my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by hoes and hammers within the last few days. It is a rainy morning; so I am indoors, and all work suspended.... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1892 - 656 pages
...of self-advertisement and " business." " Dollars damn me," he remarks in one of his letters. " When I feel most moved to write, that is banned — it...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." That he felt keenly mortified at the ill success of " Pierre," is beyond question. When, on the occasion... | |
 | Herman Melville - Indigenous peoples - 1893 - 344 pages
...damn me," he remarks in one of his letters. " When I feel most moved to write, that is banned—it will not pay. Yet, altogether, write the other way...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." That he felt keenly mortified at the illsuccess of " Pierre " is beyond question. When, on the occasion... | |
 | Raymond Melbourne Weaver - 1921 - 442 pages
...compose, — that, I fear, can seldom be mine. Dollars damn me; and the malicious Devil is for ever grinning in upon. me, holding the door ajar. My dear...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches. I'm rather sore, perhaps, in this letter ; but see my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by... | |
 | United States - 1922 - 774 pages
...previously quoted he wrote: "The calm, the -coolness, the silent grass-growing mood in which a man oiifllit always to compose — that, I fear, can seldom be...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." And with a touch of humor he adds: "I'm rather sore, perhaps, in this letter." Being of an uncompromising... | |
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