 I had not first made up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary for me, it seemed, to write the book I had been thinking much of, even...  Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society - 241 ページMassachusetts Historical Society 著 - 1860全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1896 - 496 ページ
...up my mind to write a history and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary for me, it seemed, to write the book . . . and I had no inclination or interest to write any other." Several years of study and research... | |
 | Katharine Lee Bates - 1897 - 438 ページ
...write a history," he said, " and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...had no inclination or interest to write any other." This work which Motley thirsted to undertake would entrench upon the ground of Prescott's Philip II.,... | |
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - 1902 - 520 ページ
...up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...if it were destined to fall dead from the press." Naturally bitter was his disappointment upon hearing that Prescott was writing a history of Philip... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 362 ページ
...and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me in itself. It was necessary for me, it seemed, to write the book I had been thinking much of, even if I were destined to fall dead from the press, and I had no inclination or interest to write any other.... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 674 ページ
...up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...much of, even if it were destined to fall dead from ' Mr. JL Stackpole, a gentleman of much cultivation, and a kinsman of Mr. Motley by marriage, was suddenly... | |
 | Joseph Henry Harper - 1912 - 722 ページ
...up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...had no inclination or interest to write any other. " He determined to call on Prescott, lay his plan before him, and frankly declare his willingness to... | |
 | 1859 - 864 ページ
...write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken up me, drawn me en, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary for...up my mind accordingly, it then occurred to me that Piescott might not be pleased that I should come forward upon his ground. It 'a true that no announcement... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1878 - 512 ページ
...wrote, " to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...even if it were destined to fall dead from the press. ... It was not that I cared about writing a history, but that I felt an inevitable impulse to write... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1904 - 678 ページ
...up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...much of. even if it were destined to fall dead from 1 Mr. JL Stackpole, a gentleman of much cultivation, and a kinsman of Mr. Motley by marriage, was suddenly... | |
 | 1878 - 516 ページ
...wrote, " to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary...write the book I had been thinking much of, even if 440 JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, it were destined to fall dead from the press. ... It was not that I cared... | |
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