 I, correcting the proposition ; the Bastile is not an evil to be despised ; but strip it of its towers — fill up the fosse — unbarricade the doors — call it simply a confinement, and suppose it some tyrant of a distemper — and not of a man —...  A Quintette of Graycoats - Page 186by Effie Molt Bignell - 1904 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...is true, said I, correcting the proposition — the Bastille is not an evil to be despised — biit strip it of its towers— • fill up the fosse —...doors — call it simply a confinement, and suppose it is some tyrant of a distemper — and not of a man which holds you in it— the evil vanishes, and... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...their proper size and hue, she overlooks them. — Tis true, said I, correcting the proposition — the Bastile is not an evil to be despised— but strip...suppose 'tis some tyrant of a distemper — and not a man which holds you in it — the evil vanishes, and you bear the other half without complaint. I... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...them to a proper size •and hue, she overlooks them It is true, said I, correcting the proposition the Bastile is not •an evil to be despised ;- but...of its towers — fill up the fosse unbarricade the doorscall it simply a confinement, and suppose it i* •some tyrant of a distemper— —and not of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...the JJustUle i* not an evil to be despised — but stript it ef its towers — fill up the fosst — unbarricade the doors — call it simply a confinement,...suppose 'tis some tyrant of a distemper — and not a man which holds you in it — the evil vanishes, and you bear the other half without complaint. I... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...proper size and hue, she overlooks them.- — — Tis true, said I, correcting the proposition — the Bastile is not an evil to be despised — but strip it of its towers — fill up the fosse — nnharricade the doors — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 'tis some tyrant of a distemper,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...to their proper size and hue, she overlooks them. 'Tis true, said I, correcting the proposition, — f all sober pleasure, and then advancing with all speed into the regioiis of pain, — foss, — unbarricade the doors, — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 'tis some tyrant of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...proper size and hue, she overlooks them. 'Tis true, said I, correcting the proposition, — the Baslile is not an evil to be despised. — But strip it of its towers, — fill up the foss, — unbarricade the doors, — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 'tis some tyrant of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1831 - 438 pages
...their proper size and hue, she overlooks them. — 'Tie true, said I, correcting the proposition, — the Bastile is not an evil to be despised. — But strip it of its towers, — fill up the fossé, — unbarricade the doors, — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 'tis some tyrant of... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...size and hue, she overlooks them. 2. 'Tis true, said I, correcting the proposition — the Bastilef is not an evil to be despised — but strip it of its towers — fill up the fossej — unbarricade the doors — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 'tis some tyrant of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English fiction - 1839 - 192 pages
...to their proper size and hue, she overlooks them. 'Tis true," said I, correcting the proposition, " the Bastile is not an evil to be despised ; but strip...doors — call it simply a confinement, and suppose 't is some tyrant of a distemper, and not of a man, which holds you in it — the evil vanishes, and... | |
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