A sentimental journey France and Italy by L. Sterne. Also A tale of a tub by J. Swift1882 |
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... mind , whom too much and too miscellaneous learning had brought within a step or two of mad- ness , and who acts in the ordinary affairs of life upon the absurd theories adopted by the pedants of past ages . He is most admirably ...
... mind , whom too much and too miscellaneous learning had brought within a step or two of mad- ness , and who acts in the ordinary affairs of life upon the absurd theories adopted by the pedants of past ages . He is most admirably ...
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... mind and mere jocundity of humour . It must be owned , moreover , that Sterne was more like to have stolen a passage out of Stevinus if he could have found one to his purpose , than to have left one of his manuscripts in the volume ...
... mind and mere jocundity of humour . It must be owned , moreover , that Sterne was more like to have stolen a passage out of Stevinus if he could have found one to his purpose , than to have left one of his manuscripts in the volume ...
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... mind that I bore him no spleen , but , on the contrary , high honour for the humanity of his temper , -I rose up an inch taller for the accommodation . -No , said I , the Bourbon is by no means a cruel race : they may be misled , like ...
... mind that I bore him no spleen , but , on the contrary , high honour for the humanity of his temper , -I rose up an inch taller for the accommodation . -No , said I , the Bourbon is by no means a cruel race : they may be misled , like ...
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... mind for making a bargain . Now , there being no travelling through France and Italy without a chaise , and Nature generally prompting us to the thing we are fittest for , I walked out into the coach- yard to buy or hire something of ...
... mind for making a bargain . Now , there being no travelling through France and Italy without a chaise , and Nature generally prompting us to the thing we are fittest for , I walked out into the coach- yard to buy or hire something of ...
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... idle people that leave their native country , and go abroad for some reason or reasons which may be derived from one of these general causes : - Infirmity of body , Imbecility of mind , or Inevitable THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . 39.
... idle people that leave their native country , and go abroad for some reason or reasons which may be derived from one of these general causes : - Infirmity of body , Imbecility of mind , or Inevitable THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . 39.
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