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" cry for a peace is fo general, that it will certainly end in one. Now for myfelf. One half of the town abufe my book as bitterly, as the other half cry it up to the fkies—the beft is, they abufe and buy it, and at fuch a rate, that we are going on with... "
The Works of Laurence Sterne ... - Page 47
by Laurence Sterne - 1780
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Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to His Most Intimate Friends ...

Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 284 pages
...too, fo were for making another facrifice of the nation, to their own interefts.—After alt— the cry for a peace is fo general, that it will certainly...book as bitterly , as the other half cry it up to the ikies •—the beft is, they abufe and buy it, and at fuch a rate, that we are going on with a fecond...
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Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne, to His Most Intimate Friends ...

Laurence Sterne - 1776 - 366 pages
...too, fo were for making another facrifice of the nation, to their own interefts.—After all—-> the cry for a peace is fo general, that it will certainly...book as bitterly , as the other half cry it up to the fkies •—the beft is, they abufe and buy it, and at fuch a rate, that we are going on with a fecond...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author, Written by ...

Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 262 pages
...cry for a peace is fo ge-. LETTERS. 31 neral, that it will certainly end in one—Now for myfeif—. One half of the town abufe my book as bitterly, as...rate, that we are going on with a fecond edition, as fait as poffible. I am going. down for a day or two with Mr. Spencer, to Wimbleton; on Wednefday there...
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The works of Laurence Sterne, with a life of the author, written by himself

Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 474 pages
...and their places too, fo were for making another facrifice of the nation to their own inte~ Heral, that it will certainly end in one Now for myfelf One half of the town abufc my book as bitterly, as the other half cry it up to the Ikies—the beft is, they abufe and buy...
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The Works of Laurence Sterne ...

Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 474 pages
...peace is fo general, that it will certainly end in one. Now for myfelf.— One half of the town abnfe my book as bitterly, as the other half cry it up to the fkies—- the beft is, they abufe and buy it, and at fuch a rate, that we are going on with a fecond...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...written to one of hi» friends some time after the publication, he says, " One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies. The best is, they abuse and buy it, and at such a rate, that we are going on with a second edition,...
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The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 19-20

1865 - 740 pages
...27,1761. Sterne writing in March of this year to a Yorkshire friend, says :—" One-half of the town abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies. The bestia that they abuse and buy it, and at such a rate that we are going on with a second...
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The North American Review, Volume 107

1868 - 696 pages
...which Dr. Johnson used to console Goldsmith. " One half of the town," writes Sterne in 1761, " abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies ; the best is, they abuse it and buy it, and at such a rate that we are going on with a second...
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The works of Laurence Sterne, with a life of the author, written ..., Volume 4

Laurence Sterne - 1873 - 418 pages
...peace is so general, that it will certainly end in one. Now for myself. One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies:—the best is, they abuse and buy it, and at such a rate, that we are going on with a second...
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The Works of Lawrence Sterne: In Four Volumes, with a Life of the ..., Volume 4

Laurence Sterne - 1873 - 418 pages
...peace is so general, that it will certainly end in one. Now for myself. One half of the town abuse my book as bitterly as the other half cry it up to the skies:—the best is, they abuse and buy it, and at such a rate, that we are going on with a second...
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