 | Bayard Taylor - 1861 - 532 էջ
...than if he had spoken out, like a sensible man, syllable by syllable, the word — " A-STER-I-CA." IV. A YOUNG AUTHOR'S LIFE IN LONDON. I REACHED London...chant the praise of Poverty — the "good goddess of Poverty,'7 as George Sand, making 50,000 francs a year, enthusiastically terms her — but there is... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1861 - 536 էջ
...understood than if he had spoken out, like a sensible man, syllable by syllabic, the word — " A-MEK-I-CA." A YOUNG AUTHOR'S LIFE IN LONDON. I REACHED London...in their libraries, seated in cushioned chairs and clipping their pens into silver inkstands, may write about money with a beautiful scorn, and chant... | |
 | 1892 - 700 էջ
...twelve hundred lines which he had in his. knapsack, but no publisher wanted it. Of that time he wrote, " My situation was about as hopeless as it is possible to conceive." But his will defied circumstances, and he rose above them. For two years he lived on two hundred and... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1885 - 442 էջ
...missionary work in their business ; they print what will sell. " Weak from sea-sickness," he says, " hungry, chilled, and without a single acquaintance...about as hopeless as it is possible to conceive." Possibly he could obtain work in a printer's shop. This he tried hour after hour, and failed. Finall... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1895 - 200 էջ
...twelve hundred lines which he had in his knapsack, but no publisher wanted it. Of that time he wrote . " My situation was about as hopeless as it is possible to conceive." But his will defied circumstances, and he rose above them. For two years he lived on two hundred and... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 344 էջ
...twelve hundred lines, which he had in his knapsack, but no publisher wanted it. Of that time he wrote: "My situation was about as hopeless as it is possible to conceive." But his will defied circumstances and he rose above them. For two years he lived on two hundred and... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1899 - 268 էջ
...raw mist and the falling twilight, with a franc and a half in my pocket, and deliberated what I 225 should do. Weak from sea-sickness, hungry, chilled,...to conceive. Successful authors in their libraries, sitting in cushioned chairs and dipping their pens into silver inkstands, may write about money with... | |
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A YOUNG AUTHOR'S LIFE IN LONDON. I REACHED London for the second time about the middle of March, 1846, after a dismal walk through Normandy, and a stormy passage across the Channel. I stood upon London Bridge, in the raw mist and the falling twilight,... 