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Page 73
... Uncle Toby would have fared . But military preoccupation was a perfect spectacle of comedy ; it is all the more remarkable that one of the few English writers who knew the reality should yet be able to transcend it . Uncle Toby is the ...
... Uncle Toby would have fared . But military preoccupation was a perfect spectacle of comedy ; it is all the more remarkable that one of the few English writers who knew the reality should yet be able to transcend it . Uncle Toby is the ...
Page 272
... uncle in the war of pamphlets but was denied any reward . He also suggests that Sterne composed a portrait of his uncle but was warned off such tactlessness by friends and therefore ' altered ' the character to Uncle Toby ! ( Griffith ...
... uncle in the war of pamphlets but was denied any reward . He also suggests that Sterne composed a portrait of his uncle but was warned off such tactlessness by friends and therefore ' altered ' the character to Uncle Toby ! ( Griffith ...
Page 323
... uncle to LS , 35 , 45-6 Sterne , Richard , uncle to LS , 35 , 45 , 60 , 74-5 Sterne , Roger , father to LS : and army , 28 , 33 , 36-7 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 46 , 49-50 and n . , 53 , 69-73 ; birth , 35 , 37 ; character , 36-7 , 71-3 ; death ...
... uncle to LS , 35 , 45-6 Sterne , Richard , uncle to LS , 35 , 45 , 60 , 74-5 Sterne , Roger , father to LS : and army , 28 , 33 , 36-7 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 46 , 49-50 and n . , 53 , 69-73 ; birth , 35 , 37 ; character , 36-7 , 71-3 ; death ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS page xiii | 1 |
When They Begot Me | 33 |
Heygomad | 45 |
Copyright | |
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