 | Laurence Sterne - 1794 - 278 Seiten
...and fhut " up my books, with thoughts of never open" ing them again ; but you have kindled a dc" fire in me of opening them once more before " I die; which I now do; fo go home-and " dirre with me." This nobleman, I fay, is a prodigy ; for at eighty five he has all the wit... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 Seiten
...thoughts of never opening them again: but you have kindled a defire in me of opening them once more btfore I die, which I now do ; fo go home, and dine with me.' This nobleman, I fay, is a prodigy: for at 85 he has all the wit and promptnefs of a man of 30 ; a difpofition to be pleafed, and a power to pleafe... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 474 Seiten
...my accounts, and ihut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a defire in me of opening them once more before I die ; Avhich I now do ; fo go home and dine with me." — This nobleman, I fay, is a prodigy ; for at eighty-five... | |
 | 1807 - 474 Seiten
...accounts, and shut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again: but you have kindled a desire in me of opening them once more before I die ; which I now do ; so go home and dine with me! " This nobleman I say is a prodigy; for at eighty-five he has all the... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 474 Seiten
...my accounts, and fhut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a -defire in me of opening them once more before I die : which I now do ; fo go home and dine xvith me." — This nobleman, I fay, is a prodi•gy ; for at eighty-five he has all the wit and promptnefs... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1814 - 430 Seiten
...accounts, and shut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a desire in me of opening them once more before I die ; which I now do ; so go home and dine with me." — This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy ; for at eighty-five he has... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1820 - 384 Seiten
...accounts, and shut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a desire in me of opening them once more before I die, which I now do — so come home, and dine with me.' This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy ; for, at eighty-five, he has... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1830 - 432 Seiten
...accounts, and shut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a desire in me of opening them once more before I die ; which I now do ; so go home and dine with me." — This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy ; for at eightyfive he has all... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1834 - 440 Seiten
...accounts, and shut up my books, with thoughts of never opening them again ; but you have kindled a desiro in me of opening them once more before I die ; which I now do ; so go home and dine with me." — This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy; for at eightyfive he has all... | |
 | Henry Bathurst - 1837 - 382 Seiten
...and shut up my books, with thoughts ' of never opening them again ; but you have ' kindled a desire in me of opening them once more ' before I die, which I now do ; so, come home and ' dine with me.' This nobleman, I say, is a prodigy ; for at eighty-five he has... | |
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Swifts have sung and spoken so much: I have lived my life with geniuses of that cast; but have survived them; and, despairing ever to find their equals, it is some years since I have... 
