The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1W. and W. Smith, G. Faulkner, P. Wilson, and H. Bradley, 1767 - 96 pages |
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... of , who comes out against him . The wheel turns round once more ; Abfalom is caft down and David returns in peace - Shi . mei fuits his behaviour to the occafion , and is the first man also who haftes to greet him- and SERMON I. 7.
... of , who comes out against him . The wheel turns round once more ; Abfalom is caft down and David returns in peace - Shi . mei fuits his behaviour to the occafion , and is the first man also who haftes to greet him- and SERMON I. 7.
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... Turn again and tell Hezekiah I have heard his prayer , I have seen his tears , and behold I will heal him . It was upon this occafion , as we read in the 12th verfe of this chapter , that Baradoc - Bala- dan , fon of Baladin king of ...
... Turn again and tell Hezekiah I have heard his prayer , I have seen his tears , and behold I will heal him . It was upon this occafion , as we read in the 12th verfe of this chapter , that Baradoc - Bala- dan , fon of Baladin king of ...
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... turns giddy , and finks under the weight of his good fortune , and with a transport unbecoming a wise man upon it , -it is faid , he hearkened unto the men , and thewed them all the houfe of his preci- ous things , the filver and the ...
... turns giddy , and finks under the weight of his good fortune , and with a transport unbecoming a wise man upon it , -it is faid , he hearkened unto the men , and thewed them all the houfe of his preci- ous things , the filver and the ...
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... turn aside , I beseech you , from fo fad a stumbling block . The Levite had but one . The tiebrew word imports a woman a concubine , or a wife a concubine , to distinguish her from the more infamous fpecies who came under the roofs of ...
... turn aside , I beseech you , from fo fad a stumbling block . The Levite had but one . The tiebrew word imports a woman a concubine , or a wife a concubine , to distinguish her from the more infamous fpecies who came under the roofs of ...
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... turns ; and in the ebbs and flows of the lefs unfriendly ones , PITY would find fome moments to be heard- -RELIGION herself would not be filent , - -CHARITY Would have much to fay , -and thus attun'd , every object he beheld on the ...
... turns ; and in the ebbs and flows of the lefs unfriendly ones , PITY would find fome moments to be heard- -RELIGION herself would not be filent , - -CHARITY Would have much to fay , -and thus attun'd , every object he beheld on the ...
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