A Quote by Laurence Sterne on angels, blush, heaven, and spirit

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The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.

Laurence Sterne (1713 - 1768)

Source: Tristram Shandy (orig. ed.). Vol. vi. Chap. viii.

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