 | Francis Cotterell Hodgson - 1913 - 464 Seiten
...you what was the origin of this romance ? I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought I was in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1914 - 404 Seiten
...genesis of this kind of tale. It originated in a dream of which in the morning, as the author said, "all I could recover was, that I had thought myself...an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine, filled with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw... | |
 | Alastair St. Clair Mackenzie - 1914 - 520 Seiten
...a dream, naturally it is odd and fanciful. The author supposes that he is in a Gothic castle, and " on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour." For his own amusement he exaggerated the wonder and the mystery of the old stories of chivalry, producing... | |
 | Paget Jackson Toynbee - 1915 - 478 Seiten
...romance in a letter to Cole (9 March 1765): ' I waked one morning in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle . . . , and that on the uppermost banister of the staircase 1 saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the... | |
 | Dorothy Scarborough - 1917 - 362 Seiten
...was the origin of this romance? I waked one morning from a dream, of which all that I could recall was that I had thought myself in an ancient castle...head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that at the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor. In the evening I sat... | |
 | J. Prinsen - 1925 - 558 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance? I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had...mine, with Gothic story), and that, on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1926 - 338 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance? I waked one morning in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had...mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down, and began... | |
 | Eino Railo - 1927 - 434 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance ? I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had...mine, with Gothic story) and that, on the uppermost banister of a great staircase, I saw a gigantic hand in armor. In the evening I sat down and began... | |
 | E.F. Bleiler - 1966 - 356 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance! I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover, was, that I...an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine filled with Gochic story), and that on the uppermost hanister of a great staircase I saw... | |
 | Gary Hoppenstand - 1987 - 146 Seiten
...inspiration leading to the writing of his short novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), Walpole states: "I thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural...mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began... | |
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I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister... 
