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Comments On Sterne.
in this , as well as in other instances of Mr . Shandy ' s peculiarities . The forced introduction of the sneer at the term non-naturals * , used in medicine , leads us back to Burton , who has insisted largely and repeatedly , on the abuse of the functions so denominated . ' It is very singularthat in the introduction to the Fragment on
, Whiskers , which contains an evident Copy , Sterne should take occasion to abuse Plagiarists . "Shall we for ever make new books , as " Apothecaries make new mixtures , by pouring only out of one " vessel into another ? " Ex ore tuo—" Shall we be destined to « the days of eternity , on holidays , as well as working-days , to be " shewing the relics of learning , as monks do the relics of their
" saints—without working one—one single miracle with them i " - ~ - Here we must acquit Sterne : he has certainly done wonders , wheretver he has imitated or borrowed . " One denier , cried the Order of Mercy—one single denier , in bef half of a thousand patient captives , whose eyes look towards ff Heaven and you for their redemption . " The Lady Baussiere rode on . " Pity the unhappy , said a devout , venerable , hoary-headed ? ' man , meekly holding up a box begirt with iron , in his wither'd
" hands—I beg for the unfortunate—good , my lady , ' tis for a prison f <—for an hospital—' tis for an old man—a poor man undone by " shipwreck , by suretyship , by fire—I call God and all his angels to f witness—' tis to clothe the naked—to feed the hungry—' tis to « comfort the sick and the broken-hearted . " The Lady Baussiere rode on . < c A decayed kinsman bowed himself to the ground
, —The Lad }' Baussiere rode on . " He ran begging bare-headed on one side of her palfrey , conf- 'juring her by the former bonds of friendship , alliance , consan" g ' uinity , & c . —cousin , aunt , sister , mother—for virtue ' s sake , for " your own , for mine , for Christ ' s sake , remember me—pity me . " — The Lady Baussiere rode onf .
The citation of the ori ginal passage from Burton will confirm all I have said of his stile . " A poor decay'd kinsman of his sets upon him by the way in all his ?¦ ' jollity , and runs begging bare-headed by him , conjuring him by those « ' former bonds of friendship , alliance , consanguinity , & c . uncle , cousin , * ' brotherfather shew some pitfor Christ ' s sakepita sick
, , y , y , ! man , an old man , £ ? c . he cares not , ride on : pretend sickness , inevi" table loss of limbs , plead suretyship , or shipwreck , fires , common cala-? ' mities , shew thy wants and imperfections , swear , protest , take " God and all bis angels to witness , queere peregrinum , thou art a coun-
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Comments On Sterne.
in this , as well as in other instances of Mr . Shandy ' s peculiarities . The forced introduction of the sneer at the term non-naturals * , used in medicine , leads us back to Burton , who has insisted largely and repeatedly , on the abuse of the functions so denominated . ' It is very singularthat in the introduction to the Fragment on
, Whiskers , which contains an evident Copy , Sterne should take occasion to abuse Plagiarists . "Shall we for ever make new books , as " Apothecaries make new mixtures , by pouring only out of one " vessel into another ? " Ex ore tuo—" Shall we be destined to « the days of eternity , on holidays , as well as working-days , to be " shewing the relics of learning , as monks do the relics of their
" saints—without working one—one single miracle with them i " - ~ - Here we must acquit Sterne : he has certainly done wonders , wheretver he has imitated or borrowed . " One denier , cried the Order of Mercy—one single denier , in bef half of a thousand patient captives , whose eyes look towards ff Heaven and you for their redemption . " The Lady Baussiere rode on . " Pity the unhappy , said a devout , venerable , hoary-headed ? ' man , meekly holding up a box begirt with iron , in his wither'd
" hands—I beg for the unfortunate—good , my lady , ' tis for a prison f <—for an hospital—' tis for an old man—a poor man undone by " shipwreck , by suretyship , by fire—I call God and all his angels to f witness—' tis to clothe the naked—to feed the hungry—' tis to « comfort the sick and the broken-hearted . " The Lady Baussiere rode on . < c A decayed kinsman bowed himself to the ground
, —The Lad }' Baussiere rode on . " He ran begging bare-headed on one side of her palfrey , conf- 'juring her by the former bonds of friendship , alliance , consan" g ' uinity , & c . —cousin , aunt , sister , mother—for virtue ' s sake , for " your own , for mine , for Christ ' s sake , remember me—pity me . " — The Lady Baussiere rode onf .
The citation of the ori ginal passage from Burton will confirm all I have said of his stile . " A poor decay'd kinsman of his sets upon him by the way in all his ?¦ ' jollity , and runs begging bare-headed by him , conjuring him by those « ' former bonds of friendship , alliance , consanguinity , & c . uncle , cousin , * ' brotherfather shew some pitfor Christ ' s sakepita sick
, , y , y , ! man , an old man , £ ? c . he cares not , ride on : pretend sickness , inevi" table loss of limbs , plead suretyship , or shipwreck , fires , common cala-? ' mities , shew thy wants and imperfections , swear , protest , take " God and all bis angels to witness , queere peregrinum , thou art a coun-