Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713-1762 |
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Page 149
... Dean had promised him the former Commissaryship , but had made no mention of the other . This correspondent also accused the Dean of using ' much coarse language ' in attempting to defend his conduct in this and other matters and of ...
... Dean had promised him the former Commissaryship , but had made no mention of the other . This correspondent also accused the Dean of using ' much coarse language ' in attempting to defend his conduct in this and other matters and of ...
Page 150
... Dean's letter in which [ so says the pamphlet ] ' he tells him , His Circumstances are easy and affluent , though not so large as the Dean's : and place him above the Desire of any Favours in his Gift ' . After this , Dr Fountayne very ...
... Dean's letter in which [ so says the pamphlet ] ' he tells him , His Circumstances are easy and affluent , though not so large as the Dean's : and place him above the Desire of any Favours in his Gift ' . After this , Dr Fountayne very ...
Page 151
... Dean , who had come to the dinner fully prepared for this encounter , had some documents ready in his pocket . After reading aloud a letter he had received in the previous June when he was at Cambridge to take his Doctor's degree , in ...
... Dean , who had come to the dinner fully prepared for this encounter , had some documents ready in his pocket . After reading aloud a letter he had received in the previous June when he was at Cambridge to take his Doctor's degree , in ...
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