 | Laurence Sterne - 1761 - 210 pages
...hypocrites may be the worft,— the cant of criticifm.is the moft tormenting ! v. \ ..: . ... / J:'.L I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horfe worth riding on, to kifs the hand of that man whofe generous heart will give up the reins of... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Adventure stories, English - 1780 - 580 pages
...though the cant of hypocrite* may be the woi il —the cant of criticiim is the moft torinenting ! I would go fifty miles on foot,, (for I have not a horie worth riding on) to kifs the hand of that man whofe generous heart will give up the reins of... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1792 - 268 pages
...even on trivial fubjedts, than you are aware of. — And now what does Triftram fay ? Why he fays, " I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horfe worth riding on, to kifs the hand of that man, whofe generous heart will give up the reins of... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1804 - 374 pages
...just heaven ! Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world,— tho' the cant ef hypocrite* may be the worst, — the cant of criticism is the...man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his magination into his author's hands,.... be pleased he knows not why, and cares not •wherefore.'... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting. I would go fifty miles on foot , to kiss the hand of that man , whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination intO' his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! I would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reigns of his imagination into his author's hands — *be pkased he knows not why, and care not wherefore.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reigns of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.... | |
 | Horse racing - 1812 - 422 pages
...Tristram Shandy. The following passage in it suited my ideas to a T. :— " I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of that man, whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into the author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore."... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting ! I would go fifty miles on foot, to kiss the hand of that man, whose generous heart will give up the reigns of his imagination into his author's hands bfi pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1813 - 408 pages
...which are canted in this cantino- w«"i«i — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worstf — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting ! I would...man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands, — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.... | |
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Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that... 
