 em, which I had just bought, and gave him one ; — and, at this moment that I am telling it, my heart smites me that there was more of pleasantry in the conceit of seeing how an ass would eat a macaroon than of benevolence in giving him one, which presided...  The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ... - Strona 173autor: Laurence Sterne - 1823 - Liczba stron: 659Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
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...ass, but also murmurs, with his subtle selfanalysis, 'At this moment that I am telling it, my heart smites me, that there was more of pleasantry in the...benevolence in giving him one, which presided in the act.' All his life Seward felt that whimsical curiosity to see how the constituent ass would munch the political... | |
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