The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne - Böcker - Independently Published - 9798690135041 - 27 september 2020
Om omslag och titel inte matchar är det titeln som gäller

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne

Julklappar kan bytas fram till 31:e januari
Lägg till din iMusic-önskelista

Finns även som:

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

I WISH either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me; had they duly consider'd how much depended upon what they were then doing;-that not only the production of a rational Being was concerned in it, but that possibly the happy formation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind;-and, for aught they knew to the contrary, even the fortunes of his whole house might take their turn fromthe humours and dispositions which were then uppermost;-Had they duly weighed and considered all this, and proceeded accordingly, -I am verily persuaded I should have made a quite different figure in the world, from that in which the reader is likely to see me.-Believe me, good folks, this is not so inconsiderable a thing as many of you may think it;-you have all, I dare say, heard of the animal spirits, as how they are transfused from father to son, &c. &c.-and a great deal to that purpose: -Well, you may take my word, that nine parts in ten of a man's sense or his nonsense, his successes and miscarriages in this world depend upon their motions and activity, and the different tracks and trains you put them into, so that when they are once set a-going, whether right or wrong, 'tis not a half-penny matter, -away they go cluttering like hey-go mad; and by treading the same steps over and over again, they presently make a road of it, as plain and as smooth as a garden-walk, which, when they are once used to, the Devil himself sometimes shall not be able to drive them off it.

Media Böcker     Pocketbok   (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum 27 september 2020
ISBN13 9798690135041
Utgivare Independently Published
Antal sidor 494
Mått 140 × 216 × 28 mm   ·   621 g
Språk Engelska  

Visa alla

Fler produkter med Laurence Sterne

Andra har också köpt

Andra i samma serie