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Quotation from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
“The ACCUSING SPIRIT, which flew up to heaven’s chancery with the oath, blush’d as he gave it in;—and the RECORDING ANGEL, as he wrote it down, dropp’d a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.”
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. VI, Ch. 8 (Project Gutenberg text)
Toby swears by God that the dying Le Fever shall not die; Tristram imagines heaven forgiving an oath sworn out of compassion.
Citation: "The ACCUSING SPIRIT, which flew up to heaven’s chancery with the oath, blush’d as he gave it in;—and the RECORDING ANGEL, as he wrote it down, dropp’d a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever." — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. VI, Ch. 8 (Project Gutenberg text). (id sterne-tristram-shandy-q6)
Portrait: Laurence Sterne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.
