The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... young gentlemen tranfported by the cruelty of parents and guardians , and travelling under the direction of governors recommended by Oxford , Aberdeen , and Glasgow . There is a fourth class , but their num- ber is fo fmall , that they ...
... young gentlemen tranfported by the cruelty of parents and guardians , and travelling under the direction of governors recommended by Oxford , Aberdeen , and Glasgow . There is a fourth class , but their num- ber is fo fmall , that they ...
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... young , being ten times worfe frighten'd than hurt by the very report -What a want of knowledge in this branch of commerce a man betrays , whoever lets the word come out of his lips , till an hour or two at leaft after the time , that ...
... young , being ten times worfe frighten'd than hurt by the very report -What a want of knowledge in this branch of commerce a man betrays , whoever lets the word come out of his lips , till an hour or two at leaft after the time , that ...
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... young fellow , who would be very proud of the honour to ferve an Englithman . - But why an English one , more than any other ? - They are fo generous , faid the landlord -I'll be hot if this is not a livre out of my pocket , quoth I to ...
... young fellow , who would be very proud of the honour to ferve an Englithman . - But why an English one , more than any other ? - They are fo generous , faid the landlord -I'll be hot if this is not a livre out of my pocket , quoth I to ...
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... young in French , took the liberty . to inform me , I fhould not have said tant pis - but , tant mieux . Tant mieux , toujours , Monfieur , said he , when there is any thing to be got - tant pis , when there is nothing . It comes to the ...
... young in French , took the liberty . to inform me , I fhould not have said tant pis - but , tant mieux . Tant mieux , toujours , Monfieur , said he , when there is any thing to be got - tant pis , when there is nothing . It comes to the ...
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... young man he had spoke of - faying only firft , That ' as for his talents , he would prefume to fay nothing - Monfieur was the best judge what would fuit him ; but for the fidelity of La Fleur , he would stand re- sponsible in all he ...
... young man he had spoke of - faying only firft , That ' as for his talents , he would prefume to fay nothing - Monfieur was the best judge what would fuit him ; but for the fidelity of La Fleur , he would stand re- sponsible in all he ...
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Abdera againſt almoſt Baftile befide begg'd better betwixt bidet caft CALAIS chaife cloſe Count Deffein door Eugenius eyes fafe faid fhe fame fcarce fecond feem'd feemed feen fent fentiment feven fhall fhew fhop fhould fide filk fille de chambre fimple fingle firft firſt Fleur fmall fome fomething foon foul fous fpirit French ftand ftep ftill ftood ftory ftranger fuch fupper fure fweet hand heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houſe infifted inftantly itſelf juſt La Fleur lady laft lefs look look'd Louis d'ors Madame mafter Maria moft Monf Monfieur moſt muſt myſelf NAMPONT notary obferving occafion opera comique paffage paffing pafs'd Paris pocket poftillion poor portmanteau prefented reafon reft Remife ſaid ſcarce ſhe Smelfungus ſtep ſtory ſtreet thee theſe thing thou told took traveller turn twas uſe walk'd whilft whofe worfe Yorick
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Seite 166 - ... mere pomp of words! but that I feel some generous joys and generous cares beyond myself all comes from thee, great great SENSORIUM of the world! which vibrates, if a hair of our heads but falls upon the ground, in the remotest desert of thy creation...
Seite 7 - Truth might lie between He was certainly sixty-five; and the general air of his countenance, notwithstanding something seemed to have been planting wrinkles in it before their time, agreed to the account. It was one of those heads, which Guido has often painted mild, pale penetrating, free from all commonplace ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards upon the earth it looked forwards; but looked, as if it looked at something beyond this world.
Seite 159 - When we had got within half a league of Moulines, at a little opening in the road leading to a thicket, I discovered poor Maria sitting under a poplar; — she was sitting with her elbow in her lap, and her head leaning on one side within her hand. A small brook ran at the foot of the tree.
Seite 51 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Seite 102 - Make the most of it you can, said I to myself, the Bastile is but another word for a tower ;— and a tower is but another word for a house you can't get out of. — Mercy on the gouty ! for they are in it twice a year. — But with nine livres a day, and pen and ink and paper and patience, albeit a man can't get out, he may do very well within...
Seite 103 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Seite 103 - ... there. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh : I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture...
Seite 68 - I'm sure thou hast been a merciful master to him. Alas! said the mourner, I thought so when he was alive ; but now that he is dead, I think otherwise. I fear the weight of myself and my afflictions together, have been too much for him, they have shortened the poor creature's days, and I fear I have them to answer for.
Seite 68 - The mourner said, he did not want it it was not the value of the ass but the loss of him The ass, he said, he was assured loved him...
Seite 159 - Sylvio, said she. I looked in Maria's eyes, and saw she was thinking more of her father than of her lover or her little goat ; for as she uttered them the tears trickled down