 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
 | 1876 - 606 Seiten
...relative ?' That pleasure is the object of art we admit. ' I would go fifty miles on foot,' says Sterne, ' to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of imagination into his author's hands, be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore;' and we... | |
 | 1876 - 604 Seiten
...on foot,' says Sterne, ' to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of imagination into his author's hands, be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore;' and we allow that the pleasure experienced by the healthy and refined imagination is as much the true... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 Seiten
...though the cant of hypocrisy may be the tuorst, — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! — I would go fifty miles . . . on foot, to kiss the...pleased he knows not why. and cares not wherefore. INCREDULOUS HORROR. — Jfrs. Norton. Thou dost buty'tv/. — thou could'st not tell it me So calmly,... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 Seiten
...though the cant of hvpocrisy may be the worst, — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting1. — I would go fifty miles . . . on foot, to kiss the...imagination into his author's hands, be pleased he knows not u'hy, and cares not wherefore. INCREDULOUS HORROR. J\frs. Norton. Thou dost but jest. — thou could'st... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 Seiten
...borrowed from Montaigne. hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting ! I would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. steme, Trutram Shandy. CULTURE. NOTHING is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1882 - 500 Seiten
...criticism is the most tormenting ! I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the eins of his imagination into his author's hands, — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 Seiten
...world, 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...pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore. Sterne. The Archery of William Tell. " PLACE there the boy," the tyrant said; " fix me the apple on... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 Seiten
...— though the cant of hypocrisy may be the worst— the cant of criticism is the most tormenting ! 1 would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of...pleased, he knows not why and cares not wherefore. — Sterne. (292.) CHIVALRY AND PURITANISM. Historians have loved to eulogize the manners and virtues,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 490 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." Is it any wonder that half the world despised him, especially when he gave excuse for reasonable prejudice... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1883 - 450 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 humour, — give me — I ask no more, but one stroke of native... | |
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