The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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Page 11
... 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 of this part of the discourse , than a thou- fand ...
... 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 of this part of the discourse , than a thou- fand ...
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... actions the worst of men pay this compliment at least to hu manity , as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it , as the cafe will well let them ; -fo that in the hardest acts a man fhall be guilty of , he has fome motives ...
... actions the worst of men pay this compliment at least to hu manity , as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it , as the cafe will well let them ; -fo that in the hardest acts a man fhall be guilty of , he has fome motives ...
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... actions of generous and compaffionate tempers baffle all little reasonings about them . - True charity , in the Apostle's defcription , as it is kind , and is not eafily provoked , fo it mani- fested this character here ; -for we find ...
... actions of generous and compaffionate tempers baffle all little reasonings about them . - True charity , in the Apostle's defcription , as it is kind , and is not eafily provoked , fo it mani- fested this character here ; -for we find ...
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... action should then be over- looked by the eye of the All - feeing Judge , but barely to intimate to us , that a cha- raritable and benevolent difpofition is fo principal and ruling a part of a man's character , as to be a confiderable ...
... action should then be over- looked by the eye of the All - feeing Judge , but barely to intimate to us , that a cha- raritable and benevolent difpofition is fo principal and ruling a part of a man's character , as to be a confiderable ...
Page 58
... action should then be overlooked by the eye of the All - feeing Judge , but barely to intimate to us , that a chararitable and benevolent difpofition is fo principal and ruling a part of a man's character , as to be a confiderable test ...
... action should then be overlooked by the eye of the All - feeing Judge , but barely to intimate to us , that a chararitable and benevolent difpofition is fo principal and ruling a part of a man's character , as to be a confiderable test ...
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againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer becauſe befides behold beſt bleffed cafe caft caſe caufe cauſe character charity circumftances compaffion confequence confider confideration courſe defires difpofition diftrefs diſcharge evil fafely faid fame favour fearch feems feldom felf felves fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fion firft firſt fome fometimes foon forrow foul fpirits ftand ftill ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure goodneſs greateſt happineſs heart Herod himſelf impreffions inftance intereſt itſelf Jofeph juft juſt kindneſs laſt LAURENCE STERNE leaſt lefs live look man-the man's meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muſt nature obfervation occafion ourſelves paffages paffed paffions pity pleaſure poffibly portunity prophet purpoſe racter reaſon reflections reft religion SAVIOUR ſeems ſenſe SERMON ſhall ſhe Shunem ſome ſpeak ſtill thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion truft truth unto uſe virtue whofe whoſe words worſe Zarephath
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Page 50 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Page 185 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 248 - Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again. Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Page 70 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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 216 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 19 - 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 to me under the sun.
Page 70 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a...
Page 81 - 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.