 ... remained there. I, one unlucky day, mounted it, and wrote with a brush, in large capital letters, LAU. STERNE, for which the usher severely whipped me. My master was very much hurt at this, and said, before me, that never should that name be effaced,...  The Works of Laurence Sterne: The life of Laurence Sterne by Percy Fitzgerald - Page 16by Laurence Sterne - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. In the year thirty-two* my cousin sent me to the university, where I staid some time. 'Twas there that... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should d demolish it first ; — and the rest, one by one, both on our right and left In the year thirty-two* my cousin sent me to the university, where I staid some time. 'Twas there that... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1825 - 260 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. In the year '32,* my cousin sent me to the University, where I staid some time. 'Twas there that I... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1830 - 432 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment — This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. — In the year thirty-two* my cousin sent me to the university, where I staid some time. 'Twas there... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. In the year 32,* my cousin sent me to the University, where I staid some time. * He was>(lmitted of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - British - 1832 - 416 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. In the year 1732, my cousin sent me to the University, where I stayed some time. It was there that... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1834 - 440 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. — This expression made me forget the stripes I had received. — In the year thirty-two* my cousin sent me to the university, where I staid some time. 'Twas there... | |
 | 1836 - 758 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received." He was 15 years of age when sent to the University of Cambridge ; he was entered in Jesus' College,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 pages
...before me, that never should that name be effaced, for I was a boy of geniusand he was sure I should come to preferment — this expression made me forget the stripes I had received. In the year thirtytwo my cousin sent me to the university, where I staid some time. 'Twas there that... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1868 - 690 pages
...this, and said that name should not be eifaced, for I was a boy of genius, and he was sure I should come to preferment. This expression made me forget the stripes I had received." * It was a matter of course that Sterne should enter the ministry, whatever his qualifications. His... | |
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