... full employment in her business , in which she had all along trusted little to her own efforts, and a great deal to those of dame Nature, — had acquired, in her way, no small degree of reputation in the world: — by which word world, need I in... English Midwives: Their History and Prospects - Page 96by James Hobson Aveling - 1872 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1804 - 374 pages
...help of a little plain good sense, and some years full employment in her business, in which she had along trusted little to her own efforts, and a great...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived, is supposed to be the centre. —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1813 - 528 pages
...father and my mother dwelt, dwelt also a thin, upright, motherly, notable, good old body of a midjKife, who, with the help of a little plain good sense, and...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 408 pages
...full employment in her business, in which she had all along trusted little to her own efforts, atid a great deal to those of dame nature, — had acquired,...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? —... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...village where my father and my mother dwelt, dwelt also a thin, upright, motherly, notable, good old body of a midwife, who with the help of a little plain...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ?—... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...village where my father and my mother dwelt, dwelt also a thin, upright, motherly, notable, good old body of a midwife, who with the help of a little plain...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1830 - 432 pages
...village where my father and my mother dwelt, dwelt also a thin, upright, motherly, notable, good old body of a midwife, who, with the help of a little plain...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ) —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1831 - 438 pages
...of reputation in the world : — by which word , need I in this place inform your worOPINIONS ship that I would be understood to mean no '* more of it than a small circle described v upon the circle of the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the... | |
| Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...village where my father and my mother dwelt, dwelt also a thin, upright, motherly, notable, good old body of a midwife, who, with the help of a little plain...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - British - 1832 - 416 pages
...sense, and some years full employment in her business, in which she had all along trusted (%c»V • little to her own efforts, and a great deal to those...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? She... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1834 - 440 pages
...— had acquired, in her way, no small degree of reputation in the world : — by which word uyyrld, need I in this place inform your worship that I would...the great world, of four English miles diameter, or thereabouts, of which the cottage where the good old woman lived is supposed to be the centre ? —... | |
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