The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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... truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave little impreffion where the imagination was already heated with great expectations of future happiness ; and that the best lectures that have been read upon the vanity of the world ...
... truth and a knowledge of the world , are found to leave little impreffion where the imagination was already heated with great expectations of future happiness ; and that the best lectures that have been read upon the vanity of the world ...
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... truth of this part of the discourse , than a thou- fand fpeculative arguments which might be offered upon the occafion . Now , if we take a furvey of the life of man from the time he is come to rea- fon , to the latest decline of it in ...
... truth of this part of the discourse , than a thou- fand fpeculative arguments which might be offered upon the occafion . Now , if we take a furvey of the life of man from the time he is come to rea- fon , to the latest decline of it in ...
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... truth , I have been more full in my cautions against it , not only as reafon requires , -but in reverence to this feafon * , wherein our church exacts a more particular forbear- ance and self - denial in this point , and thereby adds to ...
... truth , I have been more full in my cautions against it , not only as reafon requires , -but in reverence to this feafon * , wherein our church exacts a more particular forbear- ance and self - denial in this point , and thereby adds to ...
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... lawyer , ftruck with the truth and justice of the doctrine , and frankly acknowledg- ing the force of it , our bleffed SAVIOUR concludes the debate with a short admo- nition , that he would practise what he had approved 42 III . SERMON.
... lawyer , ftruck with the truth and justice of the doctrine , and frankly acknowledg- ing the force of it , our bleffed SAVIOUR concludes the debate with a short admo- nition , that he would practise what he had approved 42 III . SERMON.
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... truth is the foul is generally in fuch cases so bufily taken up and wholly engroffed by the object of pity , that fhe does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which 1 fhe acts . So that ...
... truth is the foul is generally in fuch cases so bufily taken up and wholly engroffed by the object of pity , that fhe does not at- tend to her own operations , or take lei- fure to examine the principles upon which 1 fhe acts . So that ...
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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.
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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.