A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

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Laurence Sterne. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

CALAIS

THE MONK

THE MONK

THE MONK

THE DESOBLIGEANT

PREFACE

CALAIS

IN THE STREET

THE REMISE DOOR

THE REMISE DOOR

THE SNUFF BOX

THE REMISE DOOR

IN THE STREET

THE REMISE

THE REMISE

THE REMISE

IN THE STREET

MONTREUIL

MONTREUIL

MONTREUIL

MONTREUIL

A FRAGMENT

MONTREUIL

THE BIDET

NAMPONT

NAMPONT

AMIENS

THE LETTER

THE LETTER

PARIS

THE WIG

THE PULSE

THE HUSBAND

THE GLOVES

THE TRANSLATION

THE DWARF

THE ROSE

THE FILLE DE CHAMBRE

THE PASSPORT

THE PASSPORT

THE CAPTIVE

THE STARLING

THE ADDRESS

LE PATISSIER

THE SWORD

THE PASSPORT

THE PASSPORT

THE PASSPORT

THE PASSPORT

CHARACTER

THE TEMPTATION

THE CONQUEST

THE MYSTERY

THE CASE OF CONSCIENCE

THE RIDDLE

LE DIMANCHE

THE FRAGMENT

THE FRAGMENT

THE FRAGMENT, AND THE BOUQUET. 4

THE ACT OF CHARITY

THE RIDDLE EXPLAINED

PARIS

MARIA

MARIA

MARIA

THE BOURBONNNOIS

THE SUPPER

THE GRACE

THE CASE OF DELICACY

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I had scarce uttered the words, when a poor monk of the order of St. Francis came into the room to beg something for his convent.  No man cares to have his virtues the sport of contingencies—or one man may be generous, as another is puissant;—sed non quoad hanc—or be it as it may,—for there is no regular reasoning upon the ebbs and flows of our humours; they may depend upon the same causes, for aught I know, which influence the tides themselves: ’twould oft be no discredit to us, to suppose it was so: I’m sure at least for myself, that in many a case I should be more highly satisfied, to have it said by the world, “I had had an affair with the moon, in which there was neither sin nor shame,” than have it pass altogether as my own act and deed, wherein there was so much of both.

–But, be this as it may,—the moment I cast my eyes upon him, I was predetermined not to give him a single sous; and, accordingly, I put my purse into my pocket—buttoned it—set myself a little more upon my centre, and advanced up gravely to him; there was something, I fear, forbidding in my look: I have his figure this moment before my eyes, and think there was that in it which deserved better.

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And last of all (if you please) The Sentimental Traveller, (meaning thereby myself) who have travell’d, and of which I am now sitting down to give an account,—as much out of Necessity, and the besoin de Voyager, as any one in the class.

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