The Complete Works and Life of Laurence Sterne: A sentimental journey through France and Italy and The letters of Laurence Sterne to his most intimate friends, vol. IClonmel Society, 1904 |
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... thou- sand pensive , penetrating looks at the chair thou hadst so often graced , in those quiet and sentimental repasts , then laid down my knife and fork , and took out my handkerchief , and clapped it across my face , and wept like a ...
... thou- sand pensive , penetrating looks at the chair thou hadst so often graced , in those quiet and sentimental repasts , then laid down my knife and fork , and took out my handkerchief , and clapped it across my face , and wept like a ...
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... thou- sand evanescent feelings , which pass through the heart or the imagination of a sensitive man . Yorick travelled with eye and ear alert and soul awake . His impressions - even when they take the form of fancies and opinions all ...
... thou- sand evanescent feelings , which pass through the heart or the imagination of a sensitive man . Yorick travelled with eye and ear alert and soul awake . His impressions - even when they take the form of fancies and opinions all ...
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... thou art a seduced , and a seducing slut ; and al- beit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images , yet with so many charms dost thou do it , and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of ...
... thou art a seduced , and a seducing slut ; and al- beit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images , yet with so many charms dost thou do it , and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of ...
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... thou disquieted ? and why is thy understanding troubled ? ' In a word , I felt benevo- lence for her ; and resolv'd some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy if not of service . Such were my temptations and in this disposition ...
... thou disquieted ? and why is thy understanding troubled ? ' In a word , I felt benevo- lence for her ; and resolv'd some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy if not of service . Such were my temptations and in this disposition ...
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... thou ordered it , that beggary and urbanity , which are at such variance in other coun- tries , should find a way to be at unity in this ? I insisted upon presenting him with a single sous , merely for his politesse . A poor little ...
... thou ordered it , that beggary and urbanity , which are at such variance in other coun- tries , should find a way to be at unity in this ? I insisted upon presenting him with a single sous , merely for his politesse . A poor little ...
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