A Sentimental Journey Through France and ItalyAlan Rodgers Books LLC, 2005 - 108 Seiten
CALAIS When I had fished my dinner, and drank the King of France's health, to satisfy my mind that I bore him no spleen, but, on the contrary, high honor for the humanity of his temper, -- I rose up an inch taller for the accommodation. -- No -- said I -- the Bourbon is by no means a cruel race: they may be misled, like other people; but there is a mildness in their blood. As I acknowledged this, I felt a suffusion of a finer kind upon my cheek -- more warm and friendly to man, than what Burgundy (at least of two livres a bottle, which was such as I had been drinking) could have produced. -- Just God! said I, kicking my portmanteau aside, what is there in this world's goods which should sharpen our spirits, and make so many kind-hearted brethren of us fall out so cruelly as we do by the way? |
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... tell it , cried Smelfungus , to the world . You had better tell it , said I , to your physician . - - - Mundungus , with an immense fortune , made the whole tour ; going on from Rome to Naples , - from Naples to Venice , - from Venice ...
... tell the master of the hotel , that I was sorry on my side for the occasion I had given him ; — and you may tell him , if you will , La Fleur , added I , that if the young woman should call again , I shall not see her . This was a ...
... but how he contrived to correct , sweeten , concenter , and qualify it , — I vex not my spirit with the enquiry ; — it is enough the beggar gained two twelve - sous - - pieces - and they can best tell the rest , LAURENCE STERNE 89.