That tho' my digressions are all fair, as you observe, — and that I fly off from what I am about, as far and as often too as any writer in Great Britain ; yet I constantly take care to order affairs so, that my main business does not stand still in... The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy - Page 22by Laurence Sterne - 1853 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
| Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 196 pages
...indeed, in a digrefllon ; — and it is this : That tho' my digreflions are all fair, as you obferve, — and that I fly off from what I am about, as far and as often too as any writer in Great-Britain ; yet I conftantly take care to order affairs fo, that my main bufinefa does notftand... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 300 pages
...a di- . greffion ;—and it is this: T-hat tho* my digreffions are all fair, as you obferve,—and that I fly off from what I am about, as far and as often too is any writer in Great-Britain; yet I conftantly take take care to order affairs ib, that my main bufmefs... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 336 pages
...indeed, in a digreflion ; — and it is this : That tho' my digreffions are all fair, as you obferve,-— and that I fly off from what I am about, as far, and...often too, as any writer in Great Britain ; yet I conftantly take care to order affairs cfo, that my main bufinefs does not fland ftill in my abfence.... | |
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...indeed, in adigrefllon — audit is this : that though my digreffions are all fair, as you obiervc — and that I fly off from what I am about, as far, and as often too, as any writer in Gicat Britain ; yet I conltantly take core to ordrr affairs fo, that my main bufmcis does not ftaud... | |
| English fiction - 1781 - 602 pages
...tligrefiion — and it it this : that though my cligrtfllons are all fair, as you oblervc — and that 1 fly off from what I am about, as far, and as often too, as any writer in Great Britain ; yet I conftantly take care to order affairs fo, that my main buund's docs not Hand ftill in my ablente. J... | |
| Laurence Sterne - Clergy - 1803 - 540 pages
...this : That, tho' my digreilions are all fair, as you obferve, — and that I .fly off from what 1 am about, as far, and as often too, as any writer in Great Britain, — vet I conftantly take care to order affairs Ib, that my main buiinefs does not (land itill in my... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1804 - 374 pages
...teo as any writer in Great-Britain ; yet I constantly take care to order afl'airs so, that my muin business does not stand still in my absence. I was...given you the great outlines of my uncle Toby's most whimsteal character ; when my auntDinah and the coachman came across us, and led us a vagary some millions... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1808 - 528 pages
...— and it is this : That, tho' my digreflions are all lair, as you obferve,— and that I fly oft' from what I am about, as far, and as often too, as any writer in Great Britain, — yet I conftantly take care to order affairs fo, that my main bufinefs does not ftand ftill in my abfence.... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 306 pages
...in a digreffion ;—and it is this i that though my digreffions are all fair, as you obferve,—and that I fly off from what I am about, as far, and as often tooi as any writer in Great Britain, yet I conftantly tak« tare to order affairs fo, that my main... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1816 - 304 pages
...eonstantly take eare to ordrr atfi,irs so, that my main husiness does not stand still in my ahsenee. I was just going, for example to have given you the great outlines of my unele Tohy's most whimsieal eharaeter ; when my aunt Dinah ami the eoaehman eame aeross lK and led... | |
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