Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays and VersesGarland Pub., 1971 - 314 pages |
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... reason by the other characters , that it almost pro- duces the full effect of genuine history on our minds . We discover , in every page , the caustic moralist , the uncorrupted and indig- nant courtier , unable to conceal the foibles ...
... reason by the other characters , that it almost pro- duces the full effect of genuine history on our minds . We discover , in every page , the caustic moralist , the uncorrupted and indig- nant courtier , unable to conceal the foibles ...
Page 80
... reason , continued my father , ' t is worthy to recollect , how little alteration in great men the approaches of death have made . Vespasian died in a jest — Galba with a sentence - Septimius Severus in a dispatch ; Tiberius in ...
... reason , continued my father , ' t is worthy to recollect , how little alteration in great men the approaches of death have made . Vespasian died in a jest — Galba with a sentence - Septimius Severus in a dispatch ; Tiberius in ...
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... reason nature is jealous of discovering her mysteries , since Dr. Har- vey having gotten a tail of a span long into his hands , immediately fathoms the final cause of the structure with it ; " Usque adeo velari ea loca voluit natura ...
... reason nature is jealous of discovering her mysteries , since Dr. Har- vey having gotten a tail of a span long into his hands , immediately fathoms the final cause of the structure with it ; " Usque adeo velari ea loca voluit natura ...
Contents
Probable origin of Sternes | 3 |
Mr Shandys hypothesis | 164 |
986 | 186 |
Copyright | |
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