... wrinkles in it before their time, agreed to the account. It was one of those heads which Guido has often painted mild, pale penetrating, free from all commonplace ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards upon the earth it look'd forwards... A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy - Page 11by Laurence Sterne - 1770Full view - About this book
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1768 - 628 pages
...notwithftanding fomething feem'd to have been planting wrinkles in it before their time, agreed to the account. * It was one of thofe heads, which Guido has often painted...by it, heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's ihoulders, beft knows : but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1779 - 208 pages
...notwithftanding fomething feem'd to have been planting wrinkles in it before their time, agreed to the account. It was one of thofe heads, which Guido has often painted...by it, heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's fhoulders, beft knows: but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon the plains of Indolian,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 360 pages
...pale—penetrating, free from all common-place ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards upon the earth—it look'd forwards; but look'd, as if it look'd at fomething...by it, heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's fhoulders, beft knows: but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...the account. It was one of thofe heads, which Guido has «ften painted—mild, pale—penetrating', free from all common-place ideas of fat contented...his order came by it, heaven above, who let it fall L 3, upon H4 THE BEAUTIES OF ST&R.NE. upon a monk's fhoulders, bell knows: but it would have fulled... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1783 - 262 pages
...thofe heads which Guido has often painted — mild, pale.— penetrating, free from all eommon-place ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards...of his order came by it, heaven above, who let it faH upon a monk's fhoulders, beft knows-, bat it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...earth — It looked forwards ; but looked as if it looked at Ibmething betond this world. How ene.of his order came by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a moulds fboulders, beft knows : but it would have fuited a Bramin ; ;ind had I met it i.pon the plains... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1790 - 390 pages
...downwards upon the earth— it look'd forwards >• but look'd, as if it look'd at fomething beyend this world, How one of his order came by it, Heaven...but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upo» the plains of Indojlan, I had reverenced it. The rell of his outline may be given in a few ftrokes... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1790 - 374 pages
...— penetrating — , free from all common-place ideas of fat contented^ignorance looking idwnwards upon the earth — it look'd forwards] but look'd,...by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a Monk's fhoulders, beft knows : but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...forwards ; but look'd as if it look'd at fomctliing ' beyond this world. How one of his order carae by it, Heaven. above, who let it fall upon a monk's moulders, heft knows ; but it would have fuitcd a Rramin ; and had I met it upon the plaint of Indoftan, I had... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...downwards upon the earth — it look'd forward* ; but look'd as if it look'd at fcmetliing heyor.d this world. How one of his order came by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a Monk's fhoulders, bed knows; but it would пя\е fuited a Bramin, and hp.d I met it upon the plains of Indoltan,... | |
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