The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... principle , but this of the infufficiency of our enjoyments , ' twill go farther to- wards the establishment of the truth of this part of the difcourfe , than a thou- fand fpeculative arguments which might be offered upon the occafion ...
... principle , but this of the infufficiency of our enjoyments , ' twill go farther to- wards the establishment of the truth of this part of the difcourfe , than a thou- fand fpeculative arguments which might be offered upon the occafion ...
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... principle to evidently founded in mercy . — The hwyer , ftruck with the truth and justice of the doctrine , and frankly acknowledg- in the force of it , our bleffed SAVIOUR concludes the debate with a fhort admo- nition , that he would ...
... principle to evidently founded in mercy . — The hwyer , ftruck with the truth and justice of the doctrine , and frankly acknowledg- in the force of it , our bleffed SAVIOUR concludes the debate with a fhort admo- nition , that he would ...
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... the object of pity , that he does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which The acts . So that the Samaritan , though My be had compas 2. 427 & the emotion is E 2 SERMON III . $ 1.
... the object of pity , that he does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which The acts . So that the Samaritan , though My be had compas 2. 427 & the emotion is E 2 SERMON III . $ 1.
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... the object of pity , that she does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which the acts . So that the Samaritan , though the moment he faw him he had compaf fion on E 2 SERMON III . $ 1.
... the object of pity , that she does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which the acts . So that the Samaritan , though the moment he faw him he had compaf fion on E 2 SERMON III . $ 1.
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... principle of humanity and good- nefs which operated within him , and in- fluenced not only the first impulse of kind- nefs , but the continuation of it through- out the reft of fo engaging a behaviour . And because it is a pleasure to ...
... principle of humanity and good- nefs which operated within him , and in- fluenced not only the first impulse of kind- nefs , but the continuation of it through- out the reft of fo engaging a behaviour . And because it is a pleasure to ...
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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.