| Laurence Sterne - English fiction - 1762 - 174 pages
...'Toby, in its looks, but what ic borrows from groans Ahd cbnvulfions — and the blowing of nofes, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains in a dying manV room. — Strip it of thefe, what is it — 'Tis better in battle than in bed, faid my uncle Toby.... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 280 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bounJ to begin his journey afrefh } There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulfioni and the blowing -of nofes, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtain; in... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 336 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afrefh ? There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulfions — and the blowing of nofes, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Adventure stories, English - 1780 - 580 pages
...brother Toby, in it's looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulfions— and the blowing of nofes, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains in a dying man's room. — Strip it of thefe, what is it— ' (' It is better in battle than in bed,' faid my Uncle Toby.)... | |
| English fiction - 1781 - 602 pages
...' in it's looks, but what it borrows ' from groans and convulfions — and the ' blowing of nofes, and the wiping away ' of tears with the bottoms of curtains ' in a dying man's room. — Strip it of ' thefe, what is it: ' (' It is better ' in battle than in bed,' faid my Uncle Toby.)... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1783 - 310 pages
...traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afrefh ?' There is no terrour, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulfions — and the blowing of nofes, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - Clergy - 1803 - 540 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afreih ? There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convuliions, — and the blowing of noles and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1804 - 396 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afresh ? There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but...the bottoms of curtains in a dying man's room.— — btrip it of these, what is k ? 'Tis better in battle than in bed, said my uncle Toby. Take away... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 266 pages
...than like a galled traveller, who comes weary to hi& inn, to be bound to begin his journey afrefh ? There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulfions — and the blowing of noles, and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 376 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afresh ? There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but...with the bottoms of curtains, in a dying man's room. —Strip it of these, — what is it ? 'Tis better in battle than in bed, said my uncle Toby.— Take... | |
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