| Laurence Sterne - 1765 - 176 Seiten
...wilfully the oppofite way • I underftand thee perfectly ; anfwered I • if thou takeft a wrong ftep in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death • Well ! a minute is but a minute, and if it faves a fellow creature a drubbing, it fhall not be fet down as iil-fpent. He was eating the ftem of... | |
| 1781 - 602 Seiten
...wiltfully the oppofite I underftand thee perfeilly,' anfwered I — ' if thou takelt a wrong ftep *. in this affair, he will cudgel thee to • death — Well ! a minute is but a mi• nute, and if it faves a fellow- creature • a drubbing, it (hall not be fet down • as ill-fpent.'... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1790 - 374 Seiten
...wiftfully the oppofite way. I underftand thee perfeftly, anfwered I — if thou takeft a wrong ftep in the affair he will cudgel thee to death — Well! a minute is but a minute, and if it faves a fellow creature a drubbing, it fhall not be fet down as ill fpent. He was eating the ftem of... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 Seiten
...looked willfully the oppofite I underibnd thce perfectly, anfwered I «—if thou takell a wrong flep in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death Well ! a minute is but a minute, and if it faves a frilow-creature a drubbing, it fliall not be fet down as ill fpent. He was eating the flem... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1799 - 392 Seiten
...oppofite way. • • I underftand thee perfectly, anfwered I— if thou takeft a wrong ftep in the affair, he will cudgel thee to death — Well ! a minute is but a minute, and if it faves a fellow-creature a drubbing, it fliall not be fet down as ill fpent. He was eating the flem... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 502 Seiten
...looked wiflfully the oppofite way I underftand thee perfectly ; anfwered I if thou takefl a wrong ftep in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death Well ! a minute is but a minute, and if it faves a fellow-creature a drubbing it fhall not be fet down as ill fpent. He was eating the ftem of... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 496 Seiten
...wiilfully the oppofite way, I underftand thee perfectly, anfwered I; — if thou takeft a wrong ftep in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death.— Well, a minute is but a minute, and, if it faves a fellow-creature a drubbing, it fhall not be let down as ill-fpent. •He was eating the i\em... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1804 - 396 Seiten
...for thy driver :— — —He turned his head thoughtful about and looked wistfully the opposite way I understand thee perfectly ; answered I if thou takest a wrong step in this affair, he will eudgel thee to death — -—Well I a minute is but a minute, and if it saves a fellow-creature a drubbing,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 482 Seiten
...wiftfully the oppofite way. I underftand thee perfectly, anfwered I ; — if thou thou takeft a wrong itep in this affair, he will cudgel thee to death. — Well, a minute is but a minute, and, if it faves a fellow-creature a drubbing, it mall not be fet down as ill-fpent. He was eating the liem of... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1810 - 292 Seiten
...understand thee perfectly, answered I — if thou takest a wrong step in the affair, he will cndgel thee to death — Well ! a minute is but a minute,...set down as ill spent. He was eating the stem of an articoke as this discourse went on, and, in the little peevish contentions of nature betwixt hunger... | |
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