 | 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 above, who let it fall upon a Monk's moulders, beft knows : but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upo» the plains of Indojlan,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1799 - 392 pages
...which. Guido has often painted— mild, pale— penetrating,— free from all com( 109 ) mon-place ideas of fat contented ignorance looking downwards...by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a Monk's flioulders, beft knows : but it would have fuited a Bramin, and had I met it upon the plains of lado/lan,... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...looking downwards upon the earth — it look'd forwards ; but look'd, as if it Jook'd at something beyond this world. How one of his order came by it , Heaven above , who let it fall upon a THE ENGLISH fsslRU of on. monk's shoulders , best knows ; but it would have suited a Bramin , and had... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...ignorance looking downwards upon the earth — it looked forwards ; but looked as if it looked at something beyond this world. How one of his order came by it , heaven above , who let it fall upon amonk's shoulders, best knows; but it would have suited a bramin , and had I met it upon the plains... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 296 pages
...which'. was in them, which feemed more temper'd by courtefy than years, could be no more than fixty Truth might lie between He was certainly fixtyfive ; and...by it, heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's moulders, beft knows; .but it would have fuited a Bramin; and had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1803 - 496 pages
...— he was certainly iixty-five ; and the general air of his countenance, notwfttritanding I Handing fomething feem'd to have been planting wrinkles in...by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's moulders, beft knows ; but it would have fuited a Bramin, and, had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 502 pages
...forwards ; but look'd, as if it look'd at fomething beyond this world. How one of his order came ty it, heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's ihoulders, beft knows; but it would have fuited a firamin; and had I met it upon the plains of Indoftan, I had reverenced it. The reft of his outline... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...ignorance looking downwards upon the earth it look'd forwards ; but it look'd, as if it look'd at something beyond this world. How one of his order came by it, Heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's shoulders, best knows ; but it would have suited aBramin ; and had I met it upon the plains of Indostan,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...looking downwards upon the earth ; — it look'd forwards, but look'd as if it look'd at fbmethine O beyond this world. How one of his order came by it. Heaven above, who let it fall upon a monk's moulders, beft knows ; but it would have fuited a Bramin, and. bad I met it upon the plains of Indoftan,... | |
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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 ; but look'd, as if it look'd at something beyond this world. 
