 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1864 - 536 pages
..."The ceiling of the school-room having been whitewashed, and the ladder left behind by the workmen, I one unlucky day mounted it, and wrote with a brush, in large capital letters, Lav,. Sternt, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1868 - 690 pages
...characters. " My master," says he, " was very much hurt at this, and said that name should not be eifaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received." * It was a matter... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, David Herbert - Authors, English - 1872 - 512 pages
...at Halifax. ' He had the ceiling of the schoolroom new whitewashed ; the ladder remained there. I, one unlucky day, mounted it, and wrote with a brush, in large capital letters, LAU STEBNE, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said before... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - Monasticism and religious orders for women - 1873 - 810 pages
...schoolmaster. He had the ceiling of the schoolroom new whitewashed — the ladder remained there. I, one unlucky day, mounted it, and wrote with a brush...effaced ; for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment.' In 1732, he was sent to Jesus College, Cambridge. Having completed his... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - Monasticism and religious orders for women - 1873 - 804 pages
...I, one unlucky day, mounted it, and wrote with a brush in large capital letters " Lau. Sterne," /or which the usher severely whipped me. My master was...effaced ; for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment.' In 1732, he was sent to Jesus College, Cambridge. Having completed his... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - Monasticism and religious orders for women - 1873 - 818 pages
...schoolmaster. He had the ceiling of the schoolroom new whitewashed — the ladder remained there. I, one unlucky day, mounted it. and wrote with a brush in large capital letters " Lau. Sterne," ft* which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said, before me,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1873 - 516 pages
...— He had had the ceiling of the school-room new white-washed ; — the ladder remained there : I one unlucky day mounted it, and wrote with a brush, in large capital letters, LAU. STEENE, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said, before... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1873 - 510 pages
...— He had had the ceiling of the school.room new white.washed ; — the ladder remained there : I one unlucky day mounted it, and wrote with a brush, in large capital letters, LAU. STEENE, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said, before... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 310 pages
...day mounted it, and wrote with a burnt stick in capital letters, LAU. STERNE, for which the assistant severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt...never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of geuius, and he was sure I should oeme to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...— Ho had had the ceiling of the school-room new white-washed — the ladder remained there — I her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly ; she is LATJ. STERNE, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said,... | |
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Halifax till about the latter end of that year, and cannot omit mentioning this anecdote of myself and schoolmaster : — He had the ceiling of the school-room new white-washed ; the ladder remained there. I, one unlucky day, mounted it, and wrote with... 
