Letters of the Late Laurence Sterne to His Most Intimate Friends: With a Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais

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A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794 - Early printed books - 268 pages
 

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To the Same
28
To David Efq Garrick 29 To Lady D
29
To S 30 To Mr
30
To the Samc
31
To Mr Foley at Paris
32
To the Rev Mr Sterne 35 To the Same 12 To my witty widow 36 To the Same 13 To SC Efq 38 To the Same Mrs
39
To the Same 15 To the Same 16 To the same 18 To the Same 19 To Lady 37 To the Same 39 To the Same 40 To the Same 41 To the Same 43 To th...
44
To Mr Foley at Paris
51
To the Same
52
To 7HS
53
To Mr Foley at Paris
54
To David
59
To Lady
62
To David
63
Efq Garrick 45 To the Same
66
To Mr Foley 58 io Mr W 78 To Mr Panchaud at Paris
78
To Mifs Sterne
79
8o To Mr Panchaud at Paris
80
To Eliza
81
To the same
82
To the Same 84 To the Same 85 To the Same
95
To Mr Panchaud at 123 To the Same Paris
109
To Mrs
110
To Mrs
112
To Mr Foley
113
To Mrs
114
To A Le
115
To the Earl
116
1o Mr Foley at Paris
117
To the Same
130
To
131
From S P to Mr
132
To Mr Panchaud
134
To the Same Paris 89 To the Same 62 To the Same 63 To the Same 64 o the Same
135
To Mifs Sterne 66 To JHS Efq 67 To Mr Foley at Paris
141
To Mr Panchaud at Paris 69 To JHS Efq 70 1o Mr Panchaud at Paris
142
To JHS
143
Mr
147
To Mr Panchaud at Paris
148
Mr Foley at Paris
149
Mr Panchaud
150
From Ignatius Sancho to Mr Sterne
151
From Mr Sterne to ratius Sancho
153
To Mr
155
To the Same
163
To Mifs Sterne 92 To Lady
190
Mr and Mrs
192
To Ignatius Sancho
193
To the Earl of
194
To J Dn Efq 97 To JHS Efq 98 To A Le Eſq 99 To the Same
201
To Ignatius Sancho
203
To Mr and Mrs
205
To Mr Panchaud at Paris
206
To Mr and Mrs J 104 To FHS Efq 105 Lo Mr and Mrs J
207
Ig107 To Sir
216
To the Same
218
with an Impromptu
258
The Fragment
264

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Adieu affectionately againſt anfwer Bagnieres Baron D'Holbach becauſe beft believe beſt bleffing bufy Coxwould DAVID GARRICK dear F DEAR FOLEY dear friend DEAR SIR defire Eliza fafe faid fame favour fear fecond felf fend fenfe fent fentimental ferve fervice feven fhall fhould filk fince firft fome fomething foon fooner foul fpirit ftay ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure Garrick give heart himſelf honeft honour hope houfe houſe IGNATIUS SANCHO juft kind lady laft laſt LAURENCE STERNE leaſt lefs LETTER Lord Lord Granby Lydia Mifs moft Montauban Montpellier moſt muft muſt myſelf never paffed PANCHAUD Paris pleaſure poffible poft pounds prefent purpoſe reafon refpects reft Sancho ſhall Shandy ſhe ſtay STERNE tell thee thefe theſe thing thofe thou thouſand Toulouſe Triftram twill uſe vifit week whilft wife worfe write wrote Yorick yourſelf

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TitleLetters of the Late Laurence Sterne to His Most Intimate Friends: With a Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais
AuthorLaurence Sterne
PublisherA. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1794
Original fromthe New York Public Library
Digitized5 Jan 2007
Length268 pages
  
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