| John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 386 pages
...travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, Tis all barren." Of such a one Sterne justly observes, that " he set out with the spleen and jaundice ; and every object he passed by was discoloured, or distorted — he wrote an account of them ; but 'twas nothing but the... | |
| Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...teach myself to mourn;and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them. The learned SMELPUNGUS * travelled from Boulogne to Paris — from Paris to...with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he passed by, was discoloured or distorted — He wrote an account of them, but 'twas nothing but the... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...teach myself to mourn ; and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them. The learned SMELFVNOWB travelled from Boulogne to Paris from Paris to Rome and. so on but he set out with the spleea and jaundice, and every object he pass'd by, was discolored or distorted He wrote an account... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...86. The learned Smelfungus travelled fiom Bologne to Paris—from Paris to Rome—and so on-;—but he set out with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he passed by was discoloured and distorted—He wrote an account of them, but it was nothing but the account... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 310 pages
...myself to mourn ; — and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them. The learned Smelfungus travelled from Boulogne to Paris, — from Paris to...object he pass'd by was discoloured or distorted. — Rewrote an account of them; but 'twas nothing but the account of his miserable feelings. I met... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 280 pages
...his SentimentalJotirney under the appellation of Smelfungus. " The learned Smelfungus," says he, " travelled from Boulogne to Paris, from Paris to Rome,...with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he passed by was discoloured and distorted. He wrote an account of them, but it was nothing but an account... | |
| English literature - 1820 - 280 pages
...his Sentimental Journey under the appellation of Smelfungus. " The learned Smelfungus," says he, " travelled from Boulogne to Paris, from Paris to Rome,...with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he passed by was discoloured and distorted. He wrote an account of them, but it was nothing but an account... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...myself to mourn : — and when they rejoiced, I would rejoice along with them. The learned Smelfungus travelled from Boulogne to Paris, — from Paris to...with the spleen and jaundice; and every object he passed by was discoloured or distorted. — He wrote an account of them; but 'twas nothing but the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...along with them. The learned Smelfungus travelled from Boulogne to Paris, — from Paris to Home, — and so on ; — but he set out with the spleen and jaundice ; and every object he passed by was discoloured or distorted. — He wrote an account of them ; but 'twas nothing but the... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...Rome, — and so on ; — but he set out with the spleen and jaundice ; and every object he passed } 'twas nothing but the account of his miserable feelings. I met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the... | |
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