Toby, rising from his chair, and going across the room, with the fly in his hand,— —I'll not hurt a hair of thy head: — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; — go, poor devil, get thee gone, why... Wit and Humor, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ... - Page 71by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...sash, ami opening his hand as he spoko, to vol. u. M, let it escape;—' go, poor devil,—pet thec gone, why should I hurt thee ?—This world, surely, is wide enough to hold both thee and me.' %* This is to serve for parents and governors instead of a whole volume upon the subject. Sterne. VIRTUE... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1813 - 408 pages
....and which after infinite attempts, he had caught at last, as it flew by him ; — I.'ll not hurtthee, says my uncle Toby, rising from his chair, and going...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was, that the action itself was more in... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1820 - 136 pages
...Camper. Task. Book VI. The reader may compare the story of the " Fly " in Sterne's "Tristram Shandy:" "This world, surely, is wide enough to hold both thee and me." — NOTE 8.— P. 18. The grey and heapy stones That bound the Roman camp. The curious and remarkably... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...hand, I'll not hurt a hair of thy head : — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as as he spoke, to let it escape ; go, poor devil, get...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was that the action itself was more in... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1830 - 432 pages
...his nose, and tormented him cruelly all dinnertime, — and which, after infinite attempts, lithad caught at last, as it flew by him ; — I'll not hurt...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was, that the action itself was more in... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1831 - 438 pages
...infinite attempts, he had caught at last, as it flew by him ; — I'll not hurt thee, says my ancle Toby, rising from his chair, and going across the...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was, that the action itself was more in... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1832 - 416 pages
...as feelingly as a man could do ; — but he was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up so kindly within him ;...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was, that the action itself was more iuunison... | |
| Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...as feelingly as a man could do ; — but he was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up so kindly within him ;...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. gree, or by what secret magic, — a tone of voice and harmony of movement, attuned by mercy, might... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1834 - 440 pages
...chair, and going across the room, with the fly in his hand, I'll not hurt a hair of thy head:-:-Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand...world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me. I was but ten years old when this happened : but whether it was, that the action itself was more in... | |
| 1835 - 298 pages
...head. Go," says he. lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to lot it escape; " go, get thee gone; why should I hurt thee ! This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me." STERNE. THOSE who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can ; and conquered they... | |
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