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... head . Which writer has fretted so pathologically about the actual contents of his skull ? ' Such a head ! ' he exclaims in Tristram Shandy , ... would to heaven ! my enemies only saw the inside of it ! '24 Ideas to Sterne are not ...
... head . Which writer has fretted so pathologically about the actual contents of his skull ? ' Such a head ! ' he exclaims in Tristram Shandy , ... would to heaven ! my enemies only saw the inside of it ! '24 Ideas to Sterne are not ...
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... head seemed in constant danger . Not only was Sterne accident prone in life , but in his writings we may find ' pudding headed ' , ' muddleheaded ' , ' harebrained ' , ' doddypole ' , ' jolt head ' , ' ninnyhammer ' , ' crack - brained ...
... head seemed in constant danger . Not only was Sterne accident prone in life , but in his writings we may find ' pudding headed ' , ' muddleheaded ' , ' harebrained ' , ' doddypole ' , ' jolt head ' , ' ninnyhammer ' , ' crack - brained ...
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... head .- ' Tis enough , brother Shandy , cried my uncle Toby , to burst it into a thousand splinters.'37 But although Tristram is the victim of so many of his father's opinions , it is notable that Sterne and Walter Shandy share some ...
... head .- ' Tis enough , brother Shandy , cried my uncle Toby , to burst it into a thousand splinters.'37 But although Tristram is the victim of so many of his father's opinions , it is notable that Sterne and Walter Shandy share some ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page xiii | 1 |
When They Begot Me | 33 |
Heygomad | 45 |
Copyright | |
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