The Works of Lawrence Sterne: In Four Volumes, with a Life of the Author, Written by Himself, Band 2Bickers, 1873 |
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Abbess affair Avignon beds of justice better betwixt bidet breeches Bridget brother Shandy brother Toby CALAIS chaise CHAPTER continued Corporal Count cried my uncle dear Dendermond Dessein Devil door Eugenius eyes fancy Fevre fille de chambre Fleur France French gave give half hand head heart Heaven Honour instantly King of Bohemia La Fleur lady laid Latus Clavus Lillibullero livres look look'd Louis d'ors Madame matter Mons Monsieur Montero-cap mother Nampont nature never night once Paris pipe poor postillion quoth my father quoth my uncle remise replied scarce sentry-box shew side Slop Smelfungus soul sous spirit stood story streets tell thee thing tion told took town Traveller Trim TRISTRAM SHANDY turn twas twill uncle Toby uncle Toby's Wadman whilst whole Widow Wadman wish woman word wrote Yorick
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Seite 20 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Seite 210 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Seite 353 - 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, at least for a month or six weeks ; at the end of which, if h'e is a harmless fellow, his innocence appears, and he comes out a better and wiser man than he went in.
Seite 124 - tis all - all bitterness to thee, whatever life is to others. - And now thy mouth, if one knew the truth of it, is as bitter, 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 15 - Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. — '—But when a soldier, said I, an' please your Eeverence, has been standing for twelve hours together in the trenches, up to his knees in cold water, — or engaged, said I, for months together in long and dangerous marches ; — harassed, perhaps, in his rear to-day ; — harassing others tomorrow ; — detached here ; — countermanded there ; — resting this night out upon his arms ; — beat up in his shirt the next; — benumbed in his...
Seite 20 - My uncle Toby went to his bureau, put his purse into his breeches pocket, and, having ordered the Corporal to go early in the morning for a physician, he went to bed and fell asleep.
Seite 140 - Tie me up this tress, instantly,' said Nannette, putting a piece of string into my hand. It taught me to forget I was a stranger. The whole knot fell down — we had been seven years acquainted. The youth struck the note upon the tambourine, his pipe followed, and off we bounded.
Seite 301 - He wrote an account of them ; but 'twas nothing but the account of his miserable feelings. I met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the Pantheon : he was just coming out of it. 'Tis nothing but a huge cockpit,* said he. I wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus of Medicis...
Seite 353 - I took to be of a child, which complained "it could not get out". — I look'd 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,
Seite 14 - I gave him the toast, continued the corporal, I thought it was proper to tell him I was captain Shandy's servant, and that your honour (though a stranger) was extremely concerned for his father; - and that if there was anything in your house or cellar - (and thou might'st have added my purse too...