 | 1781 - 602 pągines
...telling it, my heart Imites me, that there was mote ot pleafantry in the conceit of feeing boiv an als would eat a macaroon •—than of benevolence in giving him one, which prefided in the aft. When the als had eaten his macaroon, I prcfs'd him to come in— the poor bead... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1784 - 292 pągines
...telling it, my heart fmites me, that there was more ofpieafantryin theconceit, of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon — than of benevolence in giving him one, which prefided in the act. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I preffed him to come in — the poor beaft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 pągines
...telÜng it, my heart finītes me, that there was more of pleafantry in the conceit, of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon -than of benevolence in giving him one, which prefi Jed in the aft. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I preis'd him to come in— the poor beatl... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1799 - 392 pągines
...telling it, my heart fmites me/ that there was more of pleafantry in the conceit, of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon — than of benevolence in giving him one, which preiided in the act. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I prefled him to come in the poor beaft was... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 226 pągines
...telling it, my heart fmites me, that there was more of pleafantry in the conceit, of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon — than of benevolence in giving him one,. which prefided in the aa. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I prefs'd him to come in the poor beaft was... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1804 - 396 pągines
...this, I pull'd out a paper of e'm, which I had just purchased, and gave him one and at this moment that I am telling it, my heart smites me, that there...pleasantry in the conceit, of seeing how an ass would «at a macaroon than of benevolence in giving him one, which presided in the a&» When the ass had... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 482 pągines
...telling it, my heart unites me, that there was more of pleafantry in ,the conceit of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon, — than, of benevolence in giving him one, which prefided in the a£l. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I prefs'd him to come in ; — the poor... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1808 - 266 pągines
...telling it, my heart fmites me, that there was more of plealantry in the conceit of feeing how an afs would eat a macaroon — than of benevolence in giving him one, which prefided in the aft. When the afs had eaten his macaroon, I prefs'd him to come in — the poor beafli... | |
 | Liber - 1809 - 372 pągines
...with macaroons : " and at this moment," says the sprightly and whimsical writer, " that I am tellmg it, my heart smites me that there was more of pleasantry in the conceit of seeing how an ass would eat a maca135 roon, than of benevolence in giving him one, which presided in the act." It would be hard to... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1810 - 292 pągines
...this, I pulled out a paper of them, which I had just purchased, and gave him one — and at this moment that I am telling it, my heart smites me, that there...pleasantry in the conceit, of seeing how an ass would cat a macaroon — than of benevolence in giving him one, which presided in the act. When the ass had... | |
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em, which I had just purchased, 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... 
