The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4William Durell, 1813 |
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... motives , true or false , always ready to offer , either to satisfy him- self or the world , and , God knows , too often to im- pose both upon the one and the other . And there- fore it would be no hard matter here to give a prob- able ...
... motives , true or false , always ready to offer , either to satisfy him- self or the world , and , God knows , too often to im- pose both upon the one and the other . And there- fore it would be no hard matter here to give a prob- able ...
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... motives which in general have directed the actions of his life : he may hang out false colours and deceive the world ; but how can a man deceive himself ? That a man ean , is evident , because he daily does so . - Scrip- ture tells us ...
... motives which in general have directed the actions of his life : he may hang out false colours and deceive the world ; but how can a man deceive himself ? That a man ean , is evident , because he daily does so . - Scrip- ture tells us ...
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... motives for the worst and most unjustifiable parts of his conduct ! We are still worse casuists ; and the deceit is proportionably stronger with a man , when he is going to judge of himself , that dearest of all parties , - so closely ...
... motives for the worst and most unjustifiable parts of his conduct ! We are still worse casuists ; and the deceit is proportionably stronger with a man , when he is going to judge of himself , that dearest of all parties , - so closely ...
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... motive but the momentary grati- fication of a base and unworthy passion , he would have received the prediction with horror , and said possibly with Hazael upon just such another occa- sion , and with the same ignorance of himself ...
... motive but the momentary grati- fication of a base and unworthy passion , he would have received the prediction with horror , and said possibly with Hazael upon just such another occa- sion , and with the same ignorance of himself ...
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... motives for many of his most applauded actions , as will make him rather sorry and ashamed of himself , than proud . In a word , he will understand his errors , and then see the necessity , with David , of imploring God to cleanse him ...
... motives for many of his most applauded actions , as will make him rather sorry and ashamed of himself , than proud . In a word , he will understand his errors , and then see the necessity , with David , of imploring God to cleanse him ...
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Page 219 - They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look : for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Page 255 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 238 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 50 - 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.
Page 62 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Page 63 - For thus saith the Lord God of Israel: 'The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 257 - Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Page 66 - And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him.
Page v - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 139 - 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.