The Beauties of SterneG. Kearsley, 1790 - 325 pages |
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acroſs almoſt an't pleaſe anſwer aſk becauſe beſt betwixt bleſſings breeches cafe caſe caſt cauſe cloſe confcience cried dear diſtreſs faid my uncle fame father fide firſt fome forrow foul fuch fuffer fure hand heart Heaven horſe houſe IGNATIUS SANCHO inſtances intereſt itſelf juſt laſt leſs look man's mind moſt muſt myſelf nature never Obadiah obſerve occafion parfon pariſh paſs paſſed paſſion perſon pity pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor preſent purpoſe quoth my uncle raiſe reaſon replied reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſcene ſecond ſee ſeems ſenſe SERM SERMON ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall Shandy ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Slop ſmall ſome ſomething ſometimes ſpeak ſpirits ſtand ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtop ſtory ſtrike ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe thee theſe thing thoſe tion Trim Trim's uncle Toby uncle Toby's uſe whoſe wife wiſhed worſe Yorick Zarephath
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Page 30 - 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.
Page 89 - He was going on, when Maria, who had made a short pause, put the pipe to her mouth and began the air again they were the same notes; yet were ten times sweeter: It is the evening service to the Virgin...
Page 25 - But alas! the poor gentleman will never get from hence, said the landlady to me, — for I heard the death-watch all night long ; and when he dies, the youth, his son, will certainly die with him ; for he is broken-hearted already. I was hearing this account...
Page 137 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Page 132 - For what is war ? what is it, Yorick, when fought, as ours has been, upon principles of liberty, and upon principles of honour — what is it, but the getting together of quiet and harmless people, with their swords in their hands, to keep the ambitious and the turbulent within bounds...
Page 23 - Nicholas ; — and, besides, it is so cold and rainy a night, that what with the roquelaure, and what with the weather, 'twill be enough to give your honour your death, and bring on your honour's torment in your groin.
Page 21 - Tis for a poor gentleman, — I think, of the army, said the landlord, who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste...
Page 76 - Toby, which recommends her to protection and her brethren with her; 'tis the fortune of war which has put the whip into our hands now where it may be hereafter, heaven knows ! but be it where it will, the brave, Trim ! will not use it unkindly.
Page 104 - His wife sung now and then a little to the tune, then intermitted, and joined her old man again as their children and grandchildren danced before them.
Page 137 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.