 What is called sentimental writing," says the Earl of Orford, " though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been a man of a very tender heart ; yet I know from indubitable authority,...  The Monthly Magazine - Page 3001799Full view - About this book
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...fine sentimental writing, though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the produce of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been a man of very tender heart ; yet 1 know, from indisputable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having... | |
 | William Keddie - Literature - 1854 - 400 pages
...writing," says Horace Walpole, "though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in jail if the... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Catalogs, Dictionary - 1862 - 432 pages
...Horace Walpole, " though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a very bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been a...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in gaol, if the... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1868 - 690 pages
...called sentimental writing, though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in a jail if the... | |
 | Henry Strickland Constable - Great Britain - 1887 - 222 pages
...writing,' says Horace Walpole, ' though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in jail if the... | |
 | English language - 1888 - 576 pages
...Orford, " though it be anderstood to appeal solely to tl,e heart, may be the product of a bad cue. One would imagine that Sterne had been a man of a very tender heart; yet I krtow from indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account... | |
 | English language - 1900 - 570 pages
...appeal solely to the heart, may he the product of ft bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had heen a man of a very tender heart; yet I know from indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in lail, if the... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - Authorship - 1908 - 328 pages
...says the Earl of Orford, "though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a bad one. One would imagine that Sterne had been...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in jail, if the... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1803 - 522 pages
...HORACE WALPOIK, " though it be understood to appeal solely to the heart, may be the product of a very bad one. One would imagine that STERNE had been a...indubitable authority, that his mother, who kept a school, having run in debt, on account of an extravagant daughter, would have rotted in jail if the... | |
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