The Works of Laurence Sterne Volume 3; Complete in Seven Volumes (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1794 Excerpt: ...suit his master's humour--he exchanged a single look of kindnels with him, and set off thus. The Story of the king of Bohemiaandhisseven castles. THERE was a certain king of Bo--heAs the corporal was entering the consines ot Bohemia, my uncle Toby obliged him to haltfor a single moment; he had set out bare-' headed, having since he pull'd off hisMontero / cap'in the latter end of the last chapter, ieft k-lying beside him on the ground. / E3-The-;--The eye os Goodness espieth all things-so that before the corporal had 11 got through t-he.silst sive words of his story, -had my uncle Toby twice feuch'd his Montero cap with the end of his cane, interrogatively as--much as to say, Why don't you put it on, Trim? Trim took it up with the most respectful slowness, and casting a glance of humiliation as he did it, upon the embroidery of the forepart, which heing dismally tarnish'd and sray'd moreover in some of the principal leaves and boldest parts of the pattern, he lay'd it down again betwixt his two seet, in order to moralize upon the subject.--'Tis every word of it but two true, cried my uncle Toby, that thou art about to observe. " Nothing in she world, Trim, is made to last for ever."----But when tokens, dear Tom, of vhy love and remembrance wear out, laid Trim, what lhall we say? There is no occasion, Trim, quoth myun-. cle Toby, to soy any thing else; and was ajrian to puzzle his brains till Doom's day, I believe, Trim, it would be impossible. The corporal perceiving my unC-leToby was in the right, and that it would be in vain for the wit of man to think of extracting a pxirer rno ral from his cap, without further attemptingit, he put it on; and passing his hand across his forehead to rub out a pensive wrinkle, which.the text and the doctrine betwe...