Scottish and Irish Diaries from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century with an IntroductionMethuen & Company, Limited, 1927 - 192 páginas |
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Página 76 - But I find my eyes moistening, and that will not do. I will not yield without a fight for it. It is odd, when I set myself to work doggedly, as Dr. Johnson would say, I am exactly the same man that I ever was, neither low-spirited nor distrait.