The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... poffibly of the two the more known ; -and the fecond will ease the minds of those who see a jeft , and the danger which lurks under it , where no jeft was meant , I fuppofe it is needlefs to inform the Public , A 3 PREFACE .
... poffibly of the two the more known ; -and the fecond will ease the minds of those who see a jeft , and the danger which lurks under it , where no jeft was meant , I fuppofe it is needlefs to inform the Public , A 3 PREFACE .
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... those kindred virtues to it , upon which hang all the law and the pro- phets , I trust they will be no lefs felt , or worse received , for the evi- dence they bear , of proceeding more from the heart than the head . I have nothing to ...
... those kindred virtues to it , upon which hang all the law and the pro- phets , I trust they will be no lefs felt , or worse received , for the evi- dence they bear , of proceeding more from the heart than the head . I have nothing to ...
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... those who know not how to difpofe of themselves and time to better advantage . That however fair and promifing they might appear to a man unpractised in them- they were no better than a life of folly and impertinence , and fo far from ...
... those who know not how to difpofe of themselves and time to better advantage . That however fair and promifing they might appear to a man unpractised in them- they were no better than a life of folly and impertinence , and fo far from ...
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... feveral receffes , -thofe pure mansions formed for the reception of innocence and virtue - fad fpectacle ! Behold those fair inhabitants now difpoffeffed - turned - aut af mer latred dwellings , to make Jan ― SERMON II . 29.
... feveral receffes , -thofe pure mansions formed for the reception of innocence and virtue - fad fpectacle ! Behold those fair inhabitants now difpoffeffed - turned - aut af mer latred dwellings , to make Jan ― SERMON II . 29.
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... those tender « oices of binding up his wounds , and carrying him to a place of fafety -or if that affiftance comes too late , I fhall comfort him at least in his « laft hour - and , if I can do nothing elfe , -I fhall foften his ...
... those tender « oices of binding up his wounds , and carrying him to a place of fafety -or if that affiftance comes too late , I fhall comfort him at least in his « laft hour - and , if I can do nothing elfe , -I fhall foften his ...
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