Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713-1762 |
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... reason ' and alleging , moreover , that ' the pleasant pictures and agreeable visions ' wit makes up , unable to stand examination by ' the rules of truth and good reason ' appear thereby to consist in ' something that is not perfectly ...
... reason ' and alleging , moreover , that ' the pleasant pictures and agreeable visions ' wit makes up , unable to stand examination by ' the rules of truth and good reason ' appear thereby to consist in ' something that is not perfectly ...
Page 91
... reason in controlling appetites and passions and directing the will towards right action , thus making more effective , though not initiating , the kindly impulses that spring from the heart . I lay particular emphasis on Sterne's ...
... reason in controlling appetites and passions and directing the will towards right action , thus making more effective , though not initiating , the kindly impulses that spring from the heart . I lay particular emphasis on Sterne's ...
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... Reason is half of it sense ' , which in its very wording implies that something more than the senses are involved in the process , has its proper place in a chapter of Tristram Shandy , where Sterne's humour plays lightly on the ...
... Reason is half of it sense ' , which in its very wording implies that something more than the senses are involved in the process , has its proper place in a chapter of Tristram Shandy , where Sterne's humour plays lightly on the ...
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