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The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M. (5); Sterne's Letters Published by His Daughter, I.s. De Medalle. a Fragment, in the Manner of Rabelais
The Works of Laurence Sterne A M Sterne's Letters Published by His Daughter Is De Medalle a Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais - 5 Author:Laurence Sterne Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1805 Original Publisher: Printed by John Wyeth. Subjects: English literature Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Medieval N... more »otes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: -LETTER IV. near Easingwmild, I AM grieved for your downfall, though it Was only out of a park-clTai' -- May it be the last you will receive in this world ; though, while I write this :wish, my heart heaves a deep sigh, and I believe ft -will not be read by you, my friend, without a similar accompaniment. Alas ! alas ! my dear boy, you are bom- with talents to soar aloft with ; but you have an heart, 'which, my apprehensions tell me, will keep you low. -- I do not mean, you know I do not, any thing base or grovelling ;--but, instead of winging your way above the storm, I am afraid that you will calmly submit to its rigors, and house yourself afterwards in some humble shed, and there live con- tented, and chaunt away the time, and be lost to the world. How the wind blows I know not ', and I have not an inclination -to walk to my window, where, perhaps, I might catch the course of a cloud and be satisfied, -- but here I am up lo my knees -- I should Tather say up to my hearti in a subject, which is ever accompanied with some afflicting vaticination or other. I am not afraid of your doing any wrong but to yourself. A seret knowledge of some cir- cumstances which you have never communicated to me, have alarmed my affection for you -- not from any immediate harm they can produce, but from 'the conviction they have forced upon me, concerning; Vo...« less