Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713-1762 |
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... senses , of notions that hinder a right understanding , of passions that give rise to actions incompatible with love ... sense , " and he thereby described himself . For his was a most abnormal personality . Exceedingly sensitive to ...
... senses , of notions that hinder a right understanding , of passions that give rise to actions incompatible with love ... sense , " and he thereby described himself . For his was a most abnormal personality . Exceedingly sensitive to ...
Page 92
... 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 influence of the body over ...
... 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 influence of the body over ...
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... sense of humour leads him off into digressions from the subject , as , for example , when an allusion to ' seven watch - men upon a tower ' sets Uncle Toby and the Corporal arguing about military tactics . But his ridicule is quickly ...
... sense of humour leads him off into digressions from the subject , as , for example , when an allusion to ' seven watch - men upon a tower ' sets Uncle Toby and the Corporal arguing about military tactics . But his ridicule is quickly ...
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