"Unpassionate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had hardly begun my letter to Mr. Cadell than I began also to "pull in resolution."[428] I considered that I had no means of retreat; and that in all my sober moments, meaning my unpassionate ones, for the doctors have taken from me the means of producing Dutch courage, I have looked on political writing as a false step, and especially now when I have a good deal at stake. So, upon the whole, I cancelled the letter ...
— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott |
