 | 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884 - 542 pages
...in all things, and yet confess a dislike to all mankind — in the mass. But not so. — But it 'a an endless sermon, — no more of it. I began by saying...my hand ! — four blisters on this palm, made by boes 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... | |
 | John Freeman - 1926 - 222 pages
...thing under the sun. Try to get a living by Truth — and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! . . . "A presentiment is on me — I shall at last be worn...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." He admits that he feels cheerfully disposed and therefore (odd perversity !) writes a little bluely,... | |
 | John Freeman - 1926 - 218 pages
...perish, like an old nutmeg-grater, grated to pieces by the constant attrition of the wood, that is, f the nutmeg. What I feel most moved to write, that...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." He admits that he feels cheerfully disposed and therefore (odd perversity!) writes a little bluely,... | |
 | Carl Van Vechten - Authors, American - 1926 - 310 pages
...passage in this identical letter he refers to the compromise which appeared to be demanded of him: "What I feel most moved to write, that is banned,...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." As the particular botch on which he was then engaged was Moby Dick, I cannot regard as pertinent the... | |
 | Carl Van Vechten - Authors, American - 1926 - 312 pages
...passage in this identical letter he refers to the compromise which appeared to be demanded of him: "\Vhat I feel most moved to write, that is banned, — it...product is a final hash, and all my books are botches." As the particular botch on which he was then engaged was Moby Dick, I cannot regard as pertinent the... | |
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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... 
