I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to... A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italyvon Laurence Sterne - 1798Auszug - Über dieses Buch
| 1858 - 434 Seiten
...Rosseau, which is as true to human nature as it is beautiful in expression : "Wore I in the desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections, If I could do no better, I would fasten them on some sweet my nlr, or some melarcholy cypress to connect myself... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 444 Seiten
...moral feelings are at all concerned, never fails to write like a good man) — " Were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections. If I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to ; I would... | |
| 1868 - 690 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections The learned Smelfungus travelled from Boulogne to Paris, from Paris to Rome, and so on ; but he set... | |
| 1921 - 868 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands chearily together, that waa I in a desart, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections." — "A Sentimental Journey." \X The Zuni Salt Lake This view surprises the traveler upon topping a... | |
| Laurence Sterne, David Herbert - 1872 - 512 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections : — if I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to ; — I would... | |
| 1872 - 320 Seiten
...want of his nature ; it will give him an object to love; and as Rousseau says : " Were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections. If I could do no better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or some melancholy cypress. I would love... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1873 - 446 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections :—if I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to ;—I would... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1873 - 440 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerilv together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections : — if I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to ; — I would... | |
| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 Seiten
...all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruit it offers. I declare, that were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections. If I could do no better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1882 - 452 Seiten
...the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in it to call forth my affections : — if I could not do better, I would fasten them upon some sweet myrtle, or seek some melancholy cypress to connect myself to ; — I would... | |
| |