A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
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Title
A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne
Subject
Sentimental Novel, Fiction, Travel Literature
Description
An Excerpt from 'A Sentimental Journey' - The Act of Charity, Paris
Creator
Laurence Sterne
Source
The International Collectors Library
Publisher
T. Becket and P. A. De Hond
Date
1768
Contributor
Riwayat Katia
Format
Print
Language
English
Type
Novel
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Text
The man who either disdains or fears to walk up a dark entry may be an excellent good man, and fit for a hundred things, but he will not do to make a good Sentimental Traveller.—I count little of the many things I see pass at broad noonday, in large and open streets.—Nature is shy, and hates to act before spectators, but in such an unobserved corner you sometimes see a single short scene of hers worth all the sentiments of a dozen French plays compounded together,—and yet they are absolutely fine;—and whenever I have a more brilliant affair upon my hands than common, as they suit a preacher just as well as a hero, I generally make my sermon out of ’em;—and for the text,—“Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia,”—is as good as anyone in the Bible.
Citation
Laurence Sterne , “A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne,” Enlightenmens, accessed February 7, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/716.