The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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... face the Francifcan , whom I saw on the oppofite fide of the court , in conference with a lady just ar- rived at the inn - I drew the taffeta cur- tain betwixt us , and being determined to write my journey , I took out my pen and ink ...
... face the Francifcan , whom I saw on the oppofite fide of the court , in conference with a lady just ar- rived at the inn - I drew the taffeta cur- tain betwixt us , and being determined to write my journey , I took out my pen and ink ...
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... he walk'd along in profile then , en face thought he look'd like a Jew - then a Turk - difliked his wig- curfed him by my gods - wifhed him at the de- vil- 44 And is all this , to be lighted up in THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . 25.
... he walk'd along in profile then , en face thought he look'd like a Jew - then a Turk - difliked his wig- curfed him by my gods - wifhed him at the de- vil- 44 And is all this , to be lighted up in THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . 25.
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... faces turned towards the door of the Re- mife , and faid he would be back in five minutes . Now a colloquy of five minutes , in fuch a fituation , is worth one of as many ages , with your faces turned towards the street in the latter ...
... faces turned towards the door of the Re- mife , and faid he would be back in five minutes . Now a colloquy of five minutes , in fuch a fituation , is worth one of as many ages , with your faces turned towards the street in the latter ...
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... face - ' twas not material ; for the drawing was in- stantly set about , and long before we had got to the door of the Remife , Fancy had finifh'd the whole head , and pleased herfelf as much with its fitting her god- defs , as if she ...
... face - ' twas not material ; for the drawing was in- stantly set about , and long before we had got to the door of the Remife , Fancy had finifh'd the whole head , and pleased herfelf as much with its fitting her god- defs , as if she ...
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Laurence Sterne. original - it was a face of about fix and twenty of a clear transparent brown , fimply fet off ... faces both turned 30 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.
Laurence Sterne. original - it was a face of about fix and twenty of a clear transparent brown , fimply fet off ... faces both turned 30 A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.
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Página 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...
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Página 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...
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Página 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.
Página 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,
Página 220 - I felt such undescribable emotions within me, as I am sure could not be accounted for from any combinations of matter and motion.
Página 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...
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