The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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Pagina 14
... of fentimental commerce is always against the expatriated adven- turer : he must buy what he has little occafion for , at their own price -- his converfation will feldom be taken in ex- change for theirs 14 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.
... of fentimental commerce is always against the expatriated adven- turer : he must buy what he has little occafion for , at their own price -- his converfation will feldom be taken in ex- change for theirs 14 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.
Pagina 26
... against every man , and every man's hand against thee - Hea- ven forbid ! faid fhe , raifing her hand up to her forehead , for I had turned full in front upon the lady whom I had feen in conference with the monk - she had followed us ...
... against every man , and every man's hand against thee - Hea- ven forbid ! faid fhe , raifing her hand up to her forehead , for I had turned full in front upon the lady whom I had feen in conference with the monk - she had followed us ...
Pagina 34
... against me . T THE SNUFF - BO X. CALAIS . HE good old monk was within fix paces of us , as the idea of him crofs'd my mind ; and was advancing towards us a little out of the line , as if uncertain whether he fhould break in upon us or ...
... against me . T THE SNUFF - BO X. CALAIS . HE good old monk was within fix paces of us , as the idea of him crofs'd my mind ; and was advancing towards us a little out of the line , as if uncertain whether he fhould break in upon us or ...
Pagina 67
... against me in the circle , putting fomething first under his arm , which had once been a hat , took his fnuff - box out of his pocket , and gene- roufly offer'd a pinch on both fides of him : it was a gift of confequence , and modeftly ...
... against me in the circle , putting fomething first under his arm , which had once been a hat , took his fnuff - box out of his pocket , and gene- roufly offer'd a pinch on both fides of him : it was a gift of confequence , and modeftly ...
Pagina 94
... against the French fublime in this instance of it , is this - that the gran- deur is more in the word ; and lefs in the thing . No doubt the ocean fills the mind with vaft ideas ; but Paris being so far inland , it was not likely I ...
... against the French fublime in this instance of it , is this - that the gran- deur is more in the word ; and lefs in the thing . No doubt the ocean fills the mind with vaft ideas ; but Paris being so far inland , it was not likely I ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 137 - 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 of confinement...
Pagina 137 - 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.
Pagina 132 - 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...
Pagina 220 - Shorn indeed ! and to the quick," said I ; " and wast thou in my own land, where I have a cottage, I would take thee to it and shelter thee ; thou shouldst eat of my own bread, and drink of my own cup.
Pagina 136 - I took a single captive; and having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then look'd through the twilight of his grated door to take his picture.
Pagina 133 - I looked up and down the passage, and seeing neither man, woman, nor child, I went out without further attention. In my return back through the passage, I heard the same words repeated twice over; and looking up, I saw it was a starling hung in a little cage: " I can't get out, I can't get out,
Pagina 220 - I felt such undescribable emotions within me, as I am sure could not be accounted for from any combinations of matter and motion.
Pagina 224 - ... 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...
Pagina 89 - I walked up gravely to the window in my dusty black coat, and looking through the glass saw all the world in yellow, blue, and green, running at the ring of pleasure.