 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...than, like a galled traveller, who comes weary to his inn, to be bound to begin his journey afresh ? 14 315 come dearer in proportion as it increased ;...possessions are paled up with new edicts every day, and — Strip it of these, — What is it? "Pis better in battle than in bed, said my uncle Toby. — Take... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 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 ray uncle Toby. —... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1830 - 432 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... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 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. —... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1834 - 440 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. —... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 454 pages
...the philosopher Shandy, who had a fine saying for everything, deliver his opinion on death — that " 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?" I find the moment of his death described in a singular book, the "... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 528 pages
...nii to» tion of cross-readings, which appeared under the мыле of " 1'apirius Cursor." OF STERNE. looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulsions...with the bottoms of curtains in a dying man's room. Strip it of these, what is it ?" I find the moment of his death described in a singular book, the "... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1840 - 516 pages
...famed for hie invention of cross-readings, which appeared under the name oí " Papirius Cursor." ooks, but what it borrows from groans and convulsions —...wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains in a lying man's room. Strip it of these, what is it ?" find the moment of his death described in a singular... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 104 pages
...philosopher Shandy, who had a fine saying for everything, deliver his opinion on death, — ' that 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 ?' I find the moment of his death described in a singular book, the '... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Historic buildings - 1847 - 474 pages
...for everything, deliver his * Gibbon's Memoirs of his Life and Writings. opinion on death, — ' that 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?' I find the moment of his death described in a singular book, the "... | |
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There is no terror, brother Toby, in its looks, but what it borrows from groans and convulsions — and the blowing of noses and the wiping away of tears with the bottoms of curtains, in a dying man's room. 
