The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1W. and W. Smith, G. Faulkner, P. Wilson, and H. Bradley, 1767 - 96 pages |
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... father of the child ? Thus we do rob heroes of the best part of their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive of the act , you take away , all that is worth having in it ; -wreft it to ungenerous ends , you load the virtuous man who ...
... father of the child ? Thus we do rob heroes of the best part of their glory - their virtue . Take away the motive of the act , you take away , all that is worth having in it ; -wreft it to ungenerous ends , you load the virtuous man who ...
Page 39
... father's house in Bethlehem - judah , and was with him four whole months -Bleffed interval for medita- tion upon the fickleness and vanity of this world and its pleasures ! I fee the holy man upon his - knees , with hands compreffed to ...
... father's house in Bethlehem - judah , and was with him four whole months -Bleffed interval for medita- tion upon the fickleness and vanity of this world and its pleasures ! I fee the holy man upon his - knees , with hands compreffed to ...
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... father's house ; and when the father of the damfel faw him , he rejoiced to meet him . - A moft fentimental group ! you will say : and fo it is , my good commentator , the world talks of every thing : give but the outlines of a ftory ...
... father's house ; and when the father of the damfel faw him , he rejoiced to meet him . - A moft fentimental group ! you will say : and fo it is , my good commentator , the world talks of every thing : give but the outlines of a ftory ...
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... father of the faithful ! if this was wrong , -why didst thou fet fo en- fnaring an example before thy eyes of thy de- fcendants ? and , why did the God of Abraham , the God of Ifaac and Jacob , bless so often a a feed of fuch ...
... father of the faithful ! if this was wrong , -why didst thou fet fo en- fnaring an example before thy eyes of thy de- fcendants ? and , why did the God of Abraham , the God of Ifaac and Jacob , bless so often a a feed of fuch ...
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... father's house ? And " is there no difference betwixt one propensely " going out of the road and continuing there , 66 through deprivity of will -- and a hapless wanderer ftraying by delufion , and warily " treading back her steps ...
... father's house ? And " is there no difference betwixt one propensely " going out of the road and continuing there , 66 through deprivity of will -- and a hapless wanderer ftraying by delufion , and warily " treading back her steps ...
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