The Works of Laurence Sterne
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781417922475
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: THE great pursuit of man is after happiness: it is the first and strongest desire of his nature: in every stage of his life, he searches for it as for hid treasure,-courts it under a thousand different shapes,-and, though perpetually disappointed, still persists- runs after and enquires for it afresh-asks every passenger who comes in his way, Who will shew him any good?-who will assist him in the attainment of it, or direct him to the discovery of this great end of all his wishes?