| Henry Moses - India - 1750 - 314 pages
...WITH NOTES ON THE SEASONS, SCENERY, AND SOCIETY OF BOMBAY, ELEPHAN1A, AND SALSETTE. BY HENRY MOSES, MD I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, '(.id all barren — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruita... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1779 - 208 pages
...on. — — If this won't tarn out fomething — another jviil — no matter — 'tis an efl'ay upon human nature •— I get my labour for my pains — 'tis enough — the pleafure of the experiment has kept my fenfes, and the btft part of my blood awake, and laid the grofs... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1783 - 262 pages
...hands on. — If this wont turn out fomething— another will — no matter — 'tis an aflay upon human nature — I get my labour for my pains — 'tis enough the pleafure of the experiment has kept my fenfes and the beft part of my blood awake, and laid the grofs... | |
| John Stoddart - Scotland - 1801 - 386 pages
...intermedial notices, we throw away a precious year*." But the most pitiable state of mind is that man's, " who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, Tis all barren." Of such a one Sterne justly observes, that " he set out with the spleen and jaundice ; and every object... | |
| Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...on. — — If this won't turn out something — another will — no matter — 'tis an essay upon human nature — I get my labour for my pains —...part of my blood awake^ and laid the gross to sleep. Beeraheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren — and so it is; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 502 pages
...lay his hands on. — If this wont turn out fomething another will— no matter 'tis an eflay upon human nature — I get my labour for my pains — 'tis enough the pleafure of the experiment has kept my fenfes, and the beft part of my blood awake, and laid the grois... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...something— another •will — no matter — 'tis an essay upon human miture — • I get my labor for my pains — 'tis enough — the pleasure of the experiment has kept mysenses, and the best part of my blood, awake, and laid the gross to sleep. I pity the man who can... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...his hands on ! — If this won't turn out something — another will no matter — 'tis an essay upon human nature — I get my labour for my pains —...pleasure of the experiment has kept my senses and i lie best part of my blood awake, and lakl the grass to, sleep. I pity the man who can travel from... | |
| 1814 - 774 pages
...of the question when the at/Ioj -••?* of n dignified ecclesiastic' is both proof and argument. ' I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, It is barren.' And surely, a deficiency of benevolent feeling, as well as of enlightened and correct... | |
| 1815 - 876 pages
...world, as to knowledge, truth and virtue. The preacher adopts the exclamation of " an eloquent writer, ' I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and say it is all a desert.' " • Happy they, who like him, are able from the strength of their minds,... | |
| |