 | 1778 - 626 pages
...by the finest tints, mid most insensible gradations, dial nature descends 'from the fairest :'j ĺĺ about St. James's, to the sootiest complexion in Africa:-...tint of these is it, that the ties of blood are to c«ise ? and f.ow man Y «hados must we descend lower stül ill the scale, ore mercy -is to vanish... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 324 pages
...her brethren and sisters came to me But why her brethren ? or yours, Sancho ! any more than mine ? It is by the finest tints, and most insensible gradations....cease ? and how many shades must we descend lower still in scale, ere mercy is to vanish with them ? But 'tis no uncommon thing, my good Sancho, for... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1814 - 430 pages
...and sisters, came to me ; — but why her brethren ? — or yours, Sancho, — any more than mine ? It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations...complexion in Africa. — At which tint of these is it, thai the ties of blood are to cease ? and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 168 pages
...brethren ?—or yours, Sancho,—any more than mine 7 It is by the finest tints and most insen. sible gradations that Nature descends from the fairest face about St. James's to the sootiest com* plexion in Africa.—At which tint of these is it, that the ties of blood are to cease.? and how... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1830 - 432 pages
...brethren and sisters, came to me; — but why her brethren ?— or yours, Sancho, — any more than mine 1 It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations...to cease? and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale, ere mercy is to vanish with them? But 'tis no uncommon thing, my good Sancho, for... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1831 - 438 pages
...brethren.? — or yours, Sanche, — any more than mine ! It is by the finest tints and most jnsensible gradations that Nature descends from the fairest face...cease ? and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale, ere mercy is to vanish with them? But 'tis no uncommon thing, my good Sancho, for... | |
 | John Taylor - 1839 - 258 pages
...her brethren and sisters, came to me—ay, why her brethren ? er yours, Sancho ? any more than mine? It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations,...to the sootiest complexion in Africa: —at which of these tints is it, that the ties of blood are to cease? and how many shades must we descend lower... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 900 pages
...of her brethren and sisters came to me. But why her brethren, or yours, Sancho, any more than mine ? It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations...of these is it, that the ties of blood are to cease 1 and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale, ere mercy is to vanish with them ?... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...her brethren and sisters, came to me — ay, why her brethren? or yours Sancho? any more than mine ? It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations,...St. James's, to the sootiest complexion in Africa: SELECT PASSAGES — at which of these tints is it, that the ties of blood are to cease ';' and how... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1848 - 668 pages
...sisters came to me. But why should it be so with her brethren, or yours, Sancho, any more than mine ? It is by the finest tints and most insensible gradations...cease ? and how many shades must we descend lower still in the scale, ere mercy is to vanish with them ? But 'tis no uncommon thing, my good Sancho,... | |
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Sancho! any more than mine? It is by the finest tints, and most insensible gradations, that nature descends from the fairest face about St James's, to the sootiest complexion in Africa: — at which tint of these is it, that the ties of blood are to cease?... 
