"A man my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before."
About Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric. He is best known for his comic novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767) and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768).
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