 Happy (said I); I was only happy once; that was at Hyeres ; it came to an end from a variety of reasons, decline of health, change of place, increase of money, age with his stealing steps; since then, aa before then, I know not what it means.  Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage - Page 44by Laura Stubbs - 1903 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - Comparative linguistics - 1900 - 622 pages
...characteristicpassage '•Happy, I was only happy once; that was at Hyeres ; it came to an end for a variety of reasons, decline of health, change of...money, age with his stealing steps; since then as liefore then 1 know not what it means. But I know pleasure still; pleasure with a thousand faces, and... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - Authors, Scottish - 1901 - 248 pages
...X THE RIVIERA — 1882-84 ' Happy (said I), I was only happy once, that was at Hyeres ; it came to end from a variety of reasons, decline of health,...since then, as before then, I know not what it means.' — Vailima Letters, p. 53. ACCORDINGLY about the middle of September Stevenson started for the south... | |
 | Lilly M. Grove - 1908 - 232 pages
...the hot fit after a squall of rain ; methought you asked me — frankly, was I happy. Happy(said-I) ; I was only happy once : that was at Hyères ; it came to an end from a variety of reasons. decline of hc-alth, change of place, increase of money, age with his stealing steps ; since then, as before then,... | |
 | Alexander Hume Ford, George Mellen - Hawaii - 1915 - 636 pages
...bosom, for he once wrote what is a sad admission for his lovers to read: "I was only happy once ... it came to an end from a variety of reasons — decline of health, change of place, increas of money, age with his stealing steps; since then, as before then, I know not what it means.... | |
 | Sir Graham Balfour - 1915 - 410 pages
...CHAPTER X THE RIVIERA— 1882-84 "Happy (said I), I was only happy once, that was at Hyeres; it came to end from a variety of reasons, decline of health,...then, as before then, I know not what it means."— Letters, ill. 288. ACORDINGLY about the middle of September Stevenson started for the south of France,... | |
 | George Edward Brown - 1919 - 340 pages
...imaginary question: ' Happy, said I. I was only happy once ; that was at Hyeres ; it came to an end for a variety of reasons, decline of health, change of...place, increase of money, age with his stealing steps.' The passage confirms the observation of friends at the time, that these first near-hand encounters... | |
 | 1920 - 1150 pages
...you asked me — frankly, was I happy. Happy (said I); I was happy only once; that was at Hy fires; it came to an end from a variety of reasons, decline...since then, as before then, I know not what it means. It is always finely, but not naturally, said. Each writer seems to have a model not quite suited to... | |
 | Arthur Clutton-Brock - American literature - 1921 - 204 pages
...Methought you asked me—frankly, was I happy ? Happy (said I); I was happy only once; that was at Hyeres ; it came to an end from a variety of reasons, decline...since then, as before then, I know not what it means. It is always finely, but not naturally, said. Each writer seems to have a model not quite suited to... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson - 1925 - 352 pages
...you asked me — frankly, was I happy. Happy (said I); I was only happy once; that was at Hyeres ; it came to an end from a variety of reasons, decline...of money, age with his stealing steps; since then, aa before then, I know not what it means. But I know pleasure still; pleasure with a thousand faces,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Scottish literature - 1912 - 382 pages
...CHAPTER X THE RIVIERA— 1882-84 "Happy (said I), I was only happy once, that was at Hyeres; it came to end from a variety of reasons, decline of health, change of place, increase of money, age wilh his stealing steps; since then, as before then, I know not what it means." — Letters, iii. 288.... | |
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