The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 6. köideR. and J. Dodsley, 1762 |
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... matter of five hundred miles , reckoning from Paris to Schevling , and from Schevling back again , merely to see Stevinus's flying chariot . - He was a very great man ! added my uncle Toby ; ( meaning Stevinus ) -He was fo ; B 3 bro ...
... matter of five hundred miles , reckoning from Paris to Schevling , and from Schevling back again , merely to see Stevinus's flying chariot . - He was a very great man ! added my uncle Toby ; ( meaning Stevinus ) -He was fo ; B 3 bro ...
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... matter fhort , faid my uncle Toby to the corporal , as he was putting him to bed , and I will tell In the first thee in what , Trim . place , when thou madeft an offer of my fervices to Le Fever , -as fickness and travelling are both ...
... matter fhort , faid my uncle Toby to the corporal , as he was putting him to bed , and I will tell In the first thee in what , Trim . place , when thou madeft an offer of my fervices to Le Fever , -as fickness and travelling are both ...
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... matter , -and we'll have an apothecary , and the corporal fhall be and I'll be your fervant , your nurse Le Fever . There was a franknefs in my uncle Toby , -not the effect of familiarity , —but the cause of it , -which let you at once ...
... matter , -and we'll have an apothecary , and the corporal fhall be and I'll be your fervant , your nurse Le Fever . There was a franknefs in my uncle Toby , -not the effect of familiarity , —but the cause of it , -which let you at once ...
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... matters , Madam , of a more private concern ; -which , though they have carried all the appearance in the world of being taken , and entered upon in a hafty , hare - brained , and unadvised manner , were , notwithstanding this , ( and ...
... matters , Madam , of a more private concern ; -which , though they have carried all the appearance in the world of being taken , and entered upon in a hafty , hare - brained , and unadvised manner , were , notwithstanding this , ( and ...
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... matters . CHA P. XVII . THE ancient Goths of Germany , who ( the learned Cluverius is pofitive ) were firft feated in the country between the Viftula and the Oder , and who after- wards incorporated the Herculi , the Bu- gians , and ...
... matters . CHA P. XVII . THE ancient Goths of Germany , who ( the learned Cluverius is pofitive ) were firft feated in the country between the Viftula and the Oder , and who after- wards incorporated the Herculi , the Bu- gians , and ...
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almoft anfwered becauſe beds of justice betwixt breeches brother Shandy cafe CHAP cle Toby continued my father corporal's cried my uncle dear Dendermond fafting faid my father faid my uncle faid the corporal fake fame fecond fentry-box fermon Fever fhall fhew fhoe fhort fhould fide fiege filk finiſhed firft firſt fmoak foldier fome fomething foul ftand ftill ftory fuch fuppofe fure fword half hand heart himſelf horſe houſe itſelf juft laft landlord Latus Clavus Le Fever lefs look mafters moft Montero-cap moſt mother myfelf never night occafion peace of Utrecht pipe pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor poral quoth my father racters reaſon replied Rubenius ſaid ſhall Slop ſtory thee thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thou thouſand toaft told town Trim TRISTRAM SHANDY ufual uncle Toby uncle Toby's Utrecht wiſh worfe Yorick
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Page 41 - He shall not drop," said my uncle Toby, firmly. " A-well-o'-day, do what we can for him," said Trim, maintaining his point, " the poor soul will die." " He shall not die, by G — !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 44 - ... would have done it, and asked him how he did, how he had rested in the night, what was his complaint, where was his pain, and what he could do to help him ; and without giving him time to answer any one of...
Page 14 - There are a thousand unnoticed openings, continued my father, which let a penetrating eye at once into a man's soul ; and I maintain it, added he, that a man of sense does not lay down his hat in coming into a room, or take it up in going out of it, but something escapes, which discovers him.
Page 23 - Nicholas ; — and, besides, it is so cold and rainy a night, that what with the roquelaure, and what with the weather, 'twill be enough to give your honour your death, and bring on your honour's torment in your groin.
Page 39 - Thou hast left this matter short," said my uncle Toby to the corporal as he was putting him to bed, " and I will tell thee in what, Trim. In the first place, when thou...
Page 37 - Tis finished already, said the corporal, for I could stay no longer, so wished his honour a good night. Young Le Fevre rose from off the bed, and saw me to the bottom of the stairs ; and as we went down together, told me they had come from Ireland, and were on their route to join the regiment in Flanders. But, alas ! said the corporal, the lieutenant's last day's march is over.
Page 19 - Tis for a poor gentleman — I think of the army," said the landlord, " who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste anything, till just now, that he has a fancy for a glass of sack and a thin toast.
Page 129 - Sir - for in good truth, when a man is telling a story in the strange way I do mine, he is obliged continually to be going backwards and forwards to keep all tight together in the reader's fancy...
Page 40 - Thou art an excellent nurse thyself, Trim, — and what with thy care of him, and the old woman's, and his boy's, and mine together, we might recruit him again at once, and set him upon his legs. In a fortnight or three weeks, added my uncle Toby, smiling, he might march. He will never march; an...
Page 33 - Scripture, said my uncle Toby; and I will shew it thee to-morrow: In the mean time we may depend upon it, Trim, for our comfort, said my uncle Toby, that God Almighty is so good and just a governor of the world, that if we have but done our duties in it, — it will never be enquired into, whether we have done them in a red coat or a black one: I hope not; said the corporal But go on, Trim, said my uncle Toby, with thy story.