| SEVERAL HANDS - 1768 - 628 pages
...he had fallen foul upon the goddefs, and ufcd her worfë than a common ftrumpet, without the leaft provocation in nature. ' I popp'd upon Smelfungus again at Turin, in his retur i home; and a fad tale of forrowtul adventures had he to tell, ** wherein he fpoke of moving... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1802 - 284 pages
...feelings. I met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the Pantheon — he was just coming out of it — 'Tis nothing but a huge cock-pit **, said he— I wish...Medicis, replied I — for in passing through Florence, * Smollet; a writer of great merit, author of an History of England, of Roderick Random, a romance... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 430 pages
...Pantheon he was just coming out of it — '7V*'' nettiing but a huge cockpit, * said he I wish youhad said nothing worse of the Venus of Medicis, replied...I had heard he had fallen foul upon the goddess,, ' 's Travels»and used her worse than a common strumpet, without the least provocation in nature. I... | |
| John Stark - 1805 - 488 pages
...feclings.p— I metSnit! fungus in the grand portico o the Pantheon — he was just com ing out of it—" Jt is nothing but a huge cock-pit," said he — " I wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus de Mcdi'• ch," replied I, — for in pasting through Florence, 1 had hear< he had fallen foul upon... | |
| John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1805 - 452 pages
...feelings*— t mctSmeifungus in the grand portico ol the Pantheon— he was just coming out of it — " It is nothing but a huge cock-pit," said he — " I wish you had said nothing worse of ihe Venus de Mcdicis," replied F,— for in passing through Florence, I had hcarc he had fallen foul... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...«« I met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the Pantheon—he was just coming out of it.—It is nothing but a huge cockpit," said he. —" I wish...fallen foul upon the goddess, and used her worse than a a common strumpet, without the least provocation in nature.—I popped upon Smelfungus again at Turin,... | |
| Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 280 pages
...feelings. 1 met Smelfungus in the grand portico of the Pantheon; he was just coming out of it. ' It is nothing but a huge cockpit,' said he. '' I wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus de Medicis/ replied I. He had been flayed alive and bedeviled, and worse used than St. Bartholomew,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...the Pantheon : — he was just coming out of it. — 'Tis nothing but a huge cock-pit,* said he. 1 popped upon Smelfungus again at Turin, in his return home ; and a sad tale of sorrowful adventures... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...Pantheon : — he was just coming out of it. — 'Tit nothing but a huge cock-pit,* said he. I,wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus of Medicis,...strumpet, without the least provocation in nature. I popped upon Smelfungus again at Turin, in his return home ; and a sad tale of sorrowful adventures... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...the Pantheon : — he was just coming out of it. — 'Tit nothing but a huge cock-pit,* said he. 1 wish you had said nothing worse of the Venus of Medicis, replied I ; — for in passing tnrough Florence, I had heard he had fallen foul upon the goddess, and used her worse than a common... | |
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