Go — says he, one day at dinner, to an overgrown one which had buzzed about his nose, and tormented him cruelly all dinner-time, — and which, after infinite attempts, he had caught at last, as it flew by him; I'll not hurt thee, says my uncle Toby,... The Novelist's Magazine - Page 501781Full view - About this book
| Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 192 pages
...could do ;-^but he •was of a peaceful, placid nature,—no jarring element in it, —all was mix'd up fo kindly within him ; my uncle -Toby had fcarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly. —Go—fays he, one day at dinner, to an over-grown one which had buzz'd about his nofe, and tormented... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 300 pages
...of a peaceful, placid nature,—no.jarring element in it,—all was mixed up fp kindly within him 5 my uncle Toby had fcarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly: My uncle Toby was a'man patient of injuries; Go,—fays he one day at dinner, to an * over-grown one... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 336 pages
...a man could do ;— but he was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up fo kindly within him ; my uncle Toby...which had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented him cruelly all dinner-time, — and which after infinite attempts, he had caught at laft, as it flew by... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Adventure stories, English - 1780 - 580 pages
...feelingly as a man could do— but he was of a peaceful, placid nature — no jarring element in it— all was mixed up fo kindly within him, my Uncle Toby had...he, one day at dinner, to an overgrown one which had buzxed about his nofe, and tormented him cruelly all dinner-time — and .which, after infinite attempts,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Maxims - 1782 - 482 pages
...his' intellectual |i;n'ts;—he was of a peaceful, placid nature,— no jarring element in it,—all was mixed up fo kindly within him ; my uncle Toby had fcarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly : Go,—fays he one day at dinner, to an overgrown one whick had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1784 - 292 pages
...his intellectual parts; — he was of a peaceful, placid nature,— no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up fo kindly within him ; my uncle Toby...a fly :— — Go, — fays he, one day at dinner, toan overgrown one which had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented him cruelly all dinner time, —... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1790 - 390 pages
...was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up fo' kindly with him ; my uncle Toby had fcarce a heart to retaliate...which had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented him cruelly all dinner time, — and —and which, after infinite attempts, he had caught at laft — as... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...parts: — he was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up ib kindly within him : my uncle Toby had fcarce a heart...Go,— fays he, one day at dinner, to an overgrown one who had buzzed about his noie, and tormented him cruelly all dinner-time, — and which, after infinite... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1799 - 392 pages
...was of a' peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring clement in it, — all was mixed up fo kindly with him ; my uncle Toby had fcarce a heart to retaliate...which had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented him cruelly all dinner tiraf, — and \vhich, after infinite attempts, he had caught at lafi — as it... | |
| Laurence Sterne - Clergy - 1803 - 540 pages
...a man could do; — but he was of a peaceful, placid nature, — no jarring element in it, — all was mixed up fo kindly within him ; my uncle Toby...fly. — Go — fays he, one day at dinner, to an overVOL. i. K grown iro THE LIFE AND OPIXIOXS grown one which had buzzed about his nofe, and tormented... | |
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