The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... fact ; and if , upon enquiry , it appears that the actions of mankind are not to be accounted for upon any other principle , but this of the infufficiency of our enjoyments , ' twill go farther to- wards the establishment of the truth ...
... fact ; and if , upon enquiry , it appears that the actions of mankind are not to be accounted for upon any other principle , but this of the infufficiency of our enjoyments , ' twill go farther to- wards the establishment of the truth ...
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... fact . For according as you understood the term in a more or lefs reftrained fenfe -it produced many neceffary variations in the duties you owed from that rela- tion . Our bleffed SAVIOUR , to rectify any partial and pernicious mistake ...
... fact . For according as you understood the term in a more or lefs reftrained fenfe -it produced many neceffary variations in the duties you owed from that rela- tion . Our bleffed SAVIOUR , to rectify any partial and pernicious mistake ...
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... end I know not ) , yet the matter of fact is fo ftrong against them , that from the ge- neral propenfity to pity the unfortu- nate , we exprefs that fenfation by the word humanity , as if it was infeparable from our E 4 SERMON III . 55.
... end I know not ) , yet the matter of fact is fo ftrong against them , that from the ge- neral propenfity to pity the unfortu- nate , we exprefs that fenfation by the word humanity , as if it was infeparable from our E 4 SERMON III . 55.
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... end I know not ) , yet the matter of fact is fo strong against them , that from the ge- neral propenfity to pity the unfortu- nate , we exprefs that fenfation by the word humanity , as if it was infeparable from our E 4 SERMON 55 III ..
... end I know not ) , yet the matter of fact is fo strong against them , that from the ge- neral propenfity to pity the unfortu- nate , we exprefs that fenfation by the word humanity , as if it was infeparable from our E 4 SERMON 55 III ..
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... fact it is no fictitious character . Look into the world - how often do you behold a fordid wretch , whofe ftrait heart is open to no man's affliction , taking fhelter behind an appearance of piety , and putting on the garb of reli ...
... fact it is no fictitious character . Look into the world - how often do you behold a fordid wretch , whofe ftrait heart is open to no man's affliction , taking fhelter behind an appearance of piety , and putting on the garb of reli ...
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Page 19 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 1 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 23 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 8 - Ambition takes him by the hand and carries him into the world, shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, — points out the many ways of advancing his fortune and...
Page 158 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 47 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 61 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 46 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.