The Beauties of Sterne; Including Many of His Letters and Sermons, All His Pathetic Tales, Humorous Descriptions, and Most Distinguished Observations on LifeG. Kearsley, J. Walker; Vernor and Hood; Lackington, Allen, and Company; T. Hurst; and Ogilvy and Son, 1799 - 324 Seiten |
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... same proportion that a visit of humanity fhould one of mere form . However , if you meant my Uncle Toby , more he is your debtor . If I can weave the tale I have wrote into the work I am about - ' tis at the fervice of the afflicted ...
... same proportion that a visit of humanity fhould one of mere form . However , if you meant my Uncle Toby , more he is your debtor . If I can weave the tale I have wrote into the work I am about - ' tis at the fervice of the afflicted ...
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... . I will write again to - mor- row to thee , thou best and most endearing of girls ! A › peaceful night to thee . My fpirit will be with thee through every watch of it . Adieu . TO THE SAME . MY DEAREST ELIZA ! OH ! ( 14 )
... . I will write again to - mor- row to thee , thou best and most endearing of girls ! A › peaceful night to thee . My fpirit will be with thee through every watch of it . Adieu . TO THE SAME . MY DEAREST ELIZA ! OH ! ( 14 )
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Laurence Sterne. TO THE SAME . MY DEAREST ELIZA ! OH ! H ! I grieve for your cabin . — And the fresh painting will be enough to destroy every nerve about thee . Nothing fo pernicious as white lead . Take care of yourself , dear girl ...
Laurence Sterne. TO THE SAME . MY DEAREST ELIZA ! OH ! H ! I grieve for your cabin . — And the fresh painting will be enough to destroy every nerve about thee . Nothing fo pernicious as white lead . Take care of yourself , dear girl ...
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... same selfish track in which he at firft fet out - turning neither to the right - hand nor the left - but plods on - pores all his life long upon the ground as if afraid to look up , left peradventure he fhould fee aught which might turn ...
... same selfish track in which he at firft fet out - turning neither to the right - hand nor the left - but plods on - pores all his life long upon the ground as if afraid to look up , left peradventure he fhould fee aught which might turn ...
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Laurence Sterne. fcent convinces him that happinefs and extravagance never inhabited under the same roof ; that if he would not be disappointed in his fearch , he must look into the plain and thrifty dwellings of the pru dent man , who ...
Laurence Sterne. fcent convinces him that happinefs and extravagance never inhabited under the same roof ; that if he would not be disappointed in his fearch , he must look into the plain and thrifty dwellings of the pru dent man , who ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt almoſt an't pleaſe anſwer befide beft beſt better betwixt breeches cafe caft cauſe Corporal cried dear Eugenius fafe faid my uncle fame father fecond feemed fent ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide firſt fome fomething fometimes forrow foul fpirits ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure greateſt H. D. SYMONDS hand happineſs heart himſelf honeft houſe intereft itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs look man's mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature never Obfervations occafion paffions pafs parfon pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor prefent Price PRINTED FOR H. D. purpoſe quoth raiſe reafon ſaid ſay ſeems SERM SERMON ſhall SHANDY ſhe Slop ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtand ſtep ſtill ſtory ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Tranflated Trim Trim's uncle Toby uncle Toby's whilft whole wife worſe Yorick Zarephath
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Seite 21 - I never in the longest march, said the Corporal, had so great a mind to my dinner, as I had to cry with him for company. What could be the matter with me, an...
Seite 23 - I believe, an' please your Reverence,' said I, 'that when a soldier gets time to pray, he prays as heartily as a parson, though not with all his fuss and hypocrisy. ' " — " Thou shouldst not have said that, Trim," said my Uncle Toby, "for God only knows who is a hypocrite and who is not. At the great and general review of us all, Corporal, at the Day of Judgment (and not till then), it will be seen who have done their duties in this world and who have not; and we shall be advanced, Trim, accordingly.
Seite 17 - Tis for a poor gentleman, — I think, of the army, said the landlord, who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste...
Seite 104 - I fear, forbidding in my look: I have his figure this moment before my eyes, and think there was that in it which deserved better.
Seite 131 - 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 32 - HAIL ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it! like grace and beauty which beget inclinations to love at first sight : 'tis ye who open this door and let the stranger in.
Seite 26 - Thou art an excellent nurse thyself, Trim ; and what with thy care of him, and the old woman's, and his boy's, and mine together, we might recruit him again at once, and set him upon his legs. In a fortnight or three weeks, added my uncle Toby, smiling, he might march. He will never march, an...
Seite 131 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Seite 46 - I dare say, as soot" (for he had cast aside the stem), "and thou hast not a friend, perhaps, in all this world, that will give thee a macaroon.
Seite 131 - ... 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...