The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author, 1. kötetWilliam Durrell and Company, 1813 |
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xvii. oldal
... spirits . In February , 1768 , he began to per- ceive the approaches of death ; and with the con- cern of a good man and the solicitude of an affecti- onate parent , devoted his attention to the future wel- fare of his daughter . His ...
... spirits . In February , 1768 , he began to per- ceive the approaches of death ; and with the con- cern of a good man and the solicitude of an affecti- onate parent , devoted his attention to the future wel- fare of his daughter . His ...
1. oldal
... so inconsiderable a thing as many of you may think it ; -you have all , I dare say , heard of the animal spirits , as how they are transfused from father to son , & c . & c.and a great deal to that purpose : -well , you may take THE ...
... so inconsiderable a thing as many of you may think it ; -you have all , I dare say , heard of the animal spirits , as how they are transfused from father to son , & c . & c.and a great deal to that purpose : -well , you may take THE ...
2. oldal
... spirits , whose business it was to have escorted and gone hand in hand with the Ho- munculus , and conducted him safe to the place des- tined for his reception . The Homunculus , sir , in however low and ludi- 2 LIFE AND OPINIONS.
... spirits , whose business it was to have escorted and gone hand in hand with the Ho- munculus , and conducted him safe to the place des- tined for his reception . The Homunculus , sir , in however low and ludi- 2 LIFE AND OPINIONS.
3. oldal
... spirits ruffled beyond description , --and that in this sad disorder'd state of nerves , he had lain down a prey to sudden starts , or a series of melancholy dreams and fancies , for nine long , long months together , I tremble to think ...
... spirits ruffled beyond description , --and that in this sad disorder'd state of nerves , he had lain down a prey to sudden starts , or a series of melancholy dreams and fancies , for nine long , long months together , I tremble to think ...
20. oldal
... spirits were above the temptation of false wit , he would say , he found himself going off fast in a consumption ; and , with great gravity , would pretend , he could not bear the sight of a fat horse , without a dejection of heart ...
... spirits were above the temptation of false wit , he would say , he found himself going off fast in a consumption ; and , with great gravity , would pretend , he could not bear the sight of a fat horse , without a dejection of heart ...
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affair amongst battle of Landen betwixt body brother Toby centinel cerebellum CHAP chapter child cle Toby conscience continued my father corporal Trim cried my father cried my uncle curse dear demigration devil Didius discourse dispute Eugenius forceps give half hand head heart heaven HOBBY-HORSE honour horse humour imagination LAURENCE STERNE least look madam man's matter ment midwife mind mother nasum nature never nose Obadiah OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM Phutatorius pity poor Prignitz quoth Dr quoth my father quoth my uncle quoth Trim ravelin reader reason replied Dr replied my father replied my uncle replied Trim respondit sermon shew side Slawkenbergius Slop soul Stevinus story stranger Strasburg tell thee thing thought tion told Trim's Triptolemus TRISTRAM SHANDY truth turn twas uncle Toby uncle Toby's Walter Shandy whole wife wish word worships Yorick
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14. oldal - In the naked temper which a merry heart discovered, he would say there was no danger,— but to itself: -whereas the very essence of gravity was design, and consequently deceit...
99. oldal - Go,' says he one day at dinner to an overgrown one which had buzzed about his nose and tormented him cruelly all dinner time, and which, after infinite attempts he had caught at last, as it flew by him ; — 'I'll not hurt thee,' says my Uncle Toby, rising from his chair and going across the room with the fly in his hand ; 'I'll not hurt a hair of thy head. Go...
160. oldal - I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.
42. oldal - Nor is there any thing unnatural or extravagant in the supposition, that my dear Jenny may be my friend ! Friend ! — My friend. Surely, madam, a friendship between the two sexes may subsist, and be supported without Fy ! Mr. Shandy. — Without any thing, madam, but that tender and delicious sentiment which ever mixes in friendship, where there is a difference of sex.
xiii. oldal - ... how much depended upon what they were then doing; — that not only the production of a rational Being was concerned in it, but that possibly the happy formation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind...
141. oldal - A MAN'S body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin, and a jerkin's lining; — rumple the one — you rumple the other.
159. oldal - ... against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically ! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling ; — and betwixt the nominative case, which your lordship knows should govern the verb, he suspended his voice in the epilogue a dozen times three seconds and three fifths by a stop-watch, my Lord, each time.
xii. oldal - I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles, — but much more so, when he laughs, that it adds something to this Fragment of Life.
xiv. oldal - Pray, my Dear,' quoth my mother, 'have you not forgot to wind up the clock?' 'Good G — !' cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, ' Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question ? ' Pray, what was your father saying ? Nothing.
xvii. oldal - Horace, I know, does not recommend this fashion altogether : But that gentleman is speaking only of an epic poem or a tragedy, — (I forget which ;) — besides, if it was not so, I should beg Mr. Horace's pardon ; — for in writing what I have set about, I shall confine myself neither to his rules, nor to any man's rules that ever lived.