The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1W. and W. Smith, G. Faulkner, P. Wilson, and H. Bradley, 1767 - 96 pages |
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Page 33
... speak evil of our neighbour , etc. -We cannot avoid it : our opinions must follow the evidence ; and we are perpetually in fuch engagements and fituations , that it is our duties to speak what our opinions are -- but God forbid , that ...
... speak evil of our neighbour , etc. -We cannot avoid it : our opinions must follow the evidence ; and we are perpetually in fuch engagements and fituations , that it is our duties to speak what our opinions are -- but God forbid , that ...
Page 40
... speak friendly to her , and to bring her back again , having his fervant with him , and a couple of affes ; and he brought him into her father's house ; and when the father of the damfel faw him , he rejoiced to meet him . - A moft ...
... speak friendly to her , and to bring her back again , having his fervant with him , and a couple of affes ; and he brought him into her father's house ; and when the father of the damfel faw him , he rejoiced to meet him . - A moft ...
Page 48
... speak friendly to her - in the original- " to speak to her heart ; " . -to apply to their former en- dearments , and to afk , How she could be fo unkind to him , and fo very unkind to her- felf ? Even the upbraidings of the quiet and ...
... speak friendly to her - in the original- " to speak to her heart ; " . -to apply to their former en- dearments , and to afk , How she could be fo unkind to him , and fo very unkind to her- felf ? Even the upbraidings of the quiet and ...
Page 64
... speak- ing , in his epistle to Timothy , of the ill effects of this fame ruling paffion , affirms , that it is the ... speaking , it is not the root of other evils , but other evils are the root of it . This forces me to recall what I ...
... speak- ing , in his epistle to Timothy , of the ill effects of this fame ruling paffion , affirms , that it is the ... speaking , it is not the root of other evils , but other evils are the root of it . This forces me to recall what I ...
Page 95
... speak in no other language but Greek or Latin , -you will do well — or if mathematics will make a man a gentleman , - or natural philofophy but teach him to make a bow , he may be of fome service in introdu . cing your fon into good ...
... speak in no other language but Greek or Latin , -you will do well — or if mathematics will make a man a gentleman , - or natural philofophy but teach him to make a bow , he may be of fome service in introdu . cing your fon into good ...
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