 ... his chair and bed: a little calendar of small sticks was laid at the head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there; he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery...  A sentimental journey - Page 81by Laurence Sterne - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1776 - 632 pages
...one of thofe little Hicks in his hand, and, wi'fharuftynail,he was etching another <Jay of mifery, to add to the heap. As I .darkened the. little light he had, he lifted wp a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down, fhook his head, and went on with his work of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1779 - 208 pages
...one of thefe little fticks in his hand, and with a rufty nail he was etching another day of mifery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then Caft it down — Ihook his htad , and went on with his work of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 360 pages
...one of thefe little fticks in his hand, and with a rufty nail he was etching another day of mifery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down—fhook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...one of thefe little fticks in his hand, and with a rufty nail he was etching another day of miferyto add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down — Ihook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1783 - 408 pages
...twice hi tufl-d thee can only bind " them up for ever." Again, in his defcription of the captive, " As I darkened the little light he had, he " lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then " caft it down, (hook his head, and went on with his " work of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1784 - 292 pages
...of thofe littleflicks in His hand, and with a rufty nail he was etching another day of mifery toadd to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he Bfted up a ho^elefs eye towards the door, "then caft it down— -(hoik his head, and went o'n with... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...of thefe little flicks in his hand ;. a.nd, with a nifty nail, he was etching another day of mifery, to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eve towards the door — then caft it down — fhook his head — and went on with his work... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1790 - 374 pages
...one of thofe little flicks in his hand, and with a rulfy nail he was etching another day of mifery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down — fhook his head, and went on with his work of affli&ion.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1790 - 390 pages
...little flicks in his hand, and with a rufty nail he was etching another day of mifery to add to tie heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopelefs eye towards the door, then caft it down — fhook his head, and went on with his work: of... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...•one; of thefe little flicks in his hand ; and, with a'rnfty rail, he was etching another day of mifery to add to •the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up ahopelefs eye towards the door ; then caft it dowfi ; fhook his head, and went on with his 'work of... | |
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