 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...looked upon it now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that...and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to Heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay. Sterne. SPEECH OF CHATHAM ON BEING TAUNTED ON ACCOUNT... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...looked upon it now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is always misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that...and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to Heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay. " Or a learned prelate either," said I. Sterne. * SaboU... | |
 | Paul Guesdon - 1867 - 352 pages
...them. The old man, as soon as the dance ended, aaid that this was their constant way ; and that ail his life long he had made it a rule, after supper was over, to call ont his family to dance and rejoice ; believing, he said, that a cheerful and contented mind was the... | |
 | François Quesnel - 1869 - 360 pages
.... and, as soon as the dance ended, the old man told me that, all his life long22, he had made it24 a rule, after supper was over, to call out his family to dance and rejoice, believing, he said, that a cheerful25 and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to heaven that an illiterate26 peasant could... | |
 | Paul Stapfer - Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 - 1870 - 382 pages
...not thé old man, as soon as thé dance ended, said that this was their constant way ; and that ail his life long he had made it a rule, after supper...believing, he said, that a cheerful and contented mind was thé best sort of thanks to Heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay...0r a learned prelate either,... | |
 | London univ, exam. papers - 1871 - 294 pages
...intermitted, and joined her old man again, as their children and grandchildren danced before them. The old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that...and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to Heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay. — L. STERNE. JULY, 1861. Examiners — CHARLES CASSAL,... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1871 - 356 pages
...for looking upon it now as one of the illusions of a too perpetually misleading imagination, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said, that...after supper was over, to call out his family to dance " I know these sports have many oppugners, whole volumes writ against them ; when as all they say and... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, David Herbert - Authors, English - 1872 - 512 pages
...looked upon it now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that...rule, after supper was over, to call out his family to chinee and rejoice ; believing, he said, that a cheerful and contented mind was the best sort of thanks... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Music - 1872 - 348 pages
...for looking upon it now as one of the illusions of a too perpetually misleading imagination, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said, that...had made it a rule, after supper was over, to call outi his family to dance " I know these sports have many oppugners, whole volumes writ against them... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1873 - 440 pages
...look'd upon it now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that...and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to Heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay Or a learned prelate either, said I. THE CASE OF DELICACY.... | |
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I should have looked upon it now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that this was their constant way; and that all his life long he had made it a rule, after... 
