Laurence Sterne: The Making of a Humorist, 1713-1762 |
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Page 92
... Taken as a whole , this passage , so far from supporting Professor Cross's contention that Sterne gave way , without thought or reason , ' to the emotions of the moment ' , goes some way to disprove it . True , he was quick in his ...
... Taken as a whole , this passage , so far from supporting Professor Cross's contention that Sterne gave way , without thought or reason , ' to the emotions of the moment ' , goes some way to disprove it . True , he was quick in his ...
Page 139
... taken second place in his thoughts , it was not surprising that he should devote his energies to people who , after all , were his first care . Meanwhile , with the fear of dying before he had made provision for his wife ever present ...
... taken second place in his thoughts , it was not surprising that he should devote his energies to people who , after all , were his first care . Meanwhile , with the fear of dying before he had made provision for his wife ever present ...
Page 182
... taken a man's character , but to have taken a chair and gone softly , as you would to a diometrical beehive , and look'd in , -view'd the soul stark naked ; observed all her motions , -her machinations ; -traced all her maggots from ...
... taken a man's character , but to have taken a chair and gone softly , as you would to a diometrical beehive , and look'd in , -view'd the soul stark naked ; observed all her motions , -her machinations ; -traced all her maggots from ...
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