 I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.  The Worcester Talisman - Seite 1711828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1825 - 830 Seiten
...exclamation of the witty author of the Sentimental Journey, " How I love the man, who will give up the reins into his author's hands, be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore 1 !" While it is not my design " to explain away all that appears miraculous," I hare been taught by... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 Seiten
...— though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting 1 I would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. STERNE. CHAP. IV. ON NEGROES. Tom, an* please your honour, got to the shop there was nobody in it but... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 Seiten
...What was Sterne's opinion upon this point may be guessed from the following passage : " I would g< fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of that man whose ge" nerous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands, — " be pleased... | |
 | University of Glasgow - 1836
...dangerous in principle, may, after all, be harmlessly applied to such a production as the present, " I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of that man, whose generous heart would give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...ccccxxvn. The honour of a maid is her name; and no legacy is so rich as honesty. — Shakspeare. ccccxxvm. I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. — Sterne. CCCCXXIX. The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. The middle way is, justice... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 Seiten
...Johnson. The honour of a maid is her name; and no legacy is so rich as honesty. — Shakspeare. CCCCXXVIIL I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. — Sterne. CCCCXXIX. The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. The middle way is, justice... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...though the cant of hypocrisy may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting !— — I would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of...his imagination into his author's hands, be pleased, heknows not why, and cares not wherefore. XII. — Parallel between Pope and Dryden. — JOHNSON. IN... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 524 Seiten
...this point may be guessed from the following passage : " I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss (he hand of that man whose generous heart, will give up...pleased {he knows not why, and cares not wherefore." — Mr. Burke has expressed the same opinion in stronger arid less equivocal terms. " The pleasures... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1830 - 432 Seiten
...criticism is the most tormenting ! I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imaginatien into his author's hands, — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. Great... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1831 - 438 Seiten
...criticism is the most tormenting! I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. Great Apollo ! — if thou art in a giving humor, — give me, — I ask no more, but one stroke of... | |
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