The Works of Laurence Sterne, A. M.: The sermons of Mr. YorickJohn Wyeth., 1805 - English literature |
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... side , he would tell you , there could be no true satisfaction , where a life runs on in so giddy a circle , out of which a wise man should extricate himself as soon as he can , that he may begin to look forwards : -That it becomes a ...
... side , he would tell you , there could be no true satisfaction , where a life runs on in so giddy a circle , out of which a wise man should extricate himself as soon as he can , that he may begin to look forwards : -That it becomes a ...
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... side , as if unwilling to trust himself to the impressions of nature , or hazard the inconveniencies which pity might lead him into upon the occasion . a There is but one stroke wanting in this picture of an unmerciful man , to render ...
... side , as if unwilling to trust himself to the impressions of nature , or hazard the inconveniencies which pity might lead him into upon the occasion . a There is but one stroke wanting in this picture of an unmerciful man , to render ...
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... side . He might have passed by , you will say , without turning aside . No ; there is a secret shame which attends every act of inhumanity , not to be conquered in the hardest natures ; so that , as in other cases , so especially in ...
... side . He might have passed by , you will say , without turning aside . No ; there is a secret shame which attends every act of inhumanity , not to be conquered in the hardest natures ; so that , as in other cases , so especially in ...
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... ob- serving that this direct road which led to it was guarded on all sides by self - love , and consequently very difficult to open access , soon found out , that a different and more artful course was requisite.:- As they 42 SERMON IV ,
... ob- serving that this direct road which led to it was guarded on all sides by self - love , and consequently very difficult to open access , soon found out , that a different and more artful course was requisite.:- As they 42 SERMON IV ,
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... sides , it is with this , as with every grievous distemper of the body , the remedies are dangerous and doubtful in proportion to our mistakes and ignorance of the cause : For , in the instances of self deceit , tho ' the head is sick ...
... sides , it is with this , as with every grievous distemper of the body , the remedies are dangerous and doubtful in proportion to our mistakes and ignorance of the cause : For , in the instances of self deceit , tho ' the head is sick ...
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Page 353 - Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 248 - AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Page 44 - 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 429 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ; grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 296 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 324 - But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man : for he knew what was in man.
Page 89 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 315 - Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 344 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 248 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.