...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. Or a learned prelate either, said I." How strong and simple...

...it a rule that his family should say their grace after supper by dancing before going to bed — " Believing, he said, that a cheerful and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay. Or a learned prelate either, said I." It would be beside...

...one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, as soon the dance ended, said that this was their constant way; and that nil his life long he had made it a rule, after supper was over, to call out his family to dance and...

...looked upon it ' now as one of the illusions of an imagination which is elernalty misleading me, had not the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said that this was their conslant way ; and that all his life long he had made it a rule, afler supper was over, to call' out...

...as one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man, is soon as the dance ended, said, that this was their...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...

...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...family to dance and rejoice; believing, he said, that a chearful and contented mind was the besl: sort of thanks to heaven that an illiterate peasant could...

...family we see in most detail merely literalizes this image: the old patriarch "all his life long . . . had made it a rule, after supper was over, to call...and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to heaven that an illiterate peasant could pay — "; the man presiding on the "vielle," while "[h]is...

...one of the illusions of an imagination which is eternally misleading me, had not the old man . . . said, that this was their constant way; and that all his life long he had made it a rule" (283-4). What distinguishes religious "elevation of spirit" from mechanical "cause or effect" is not...

...the dance." He might have feared that his imagination was misleading him, he tells us, except that "the old man, as soon as the dance ended, said, that...family to dance and rejoice; believing, he said, that a chearful and contented mind was the best sort of thanks to heaven that an illiterate peasant could...

...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...rule, after supper was over, to call out his family to ' Cf. Thomas M. Curley, "Sterne's A Sentimental Journey and the Tradition of Travel Literature" in...