The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... mean and painful an act of fervitude to him.- I would fooner form a judgment of a man's temper , from his behaviour on fuch little occurrences of life as thefe , than from the more weighed and im- portant actions , where a man is more ...
... mean and painful an act of fervitude to him.- I would fooner form a judgment of a man's temper , from his behaviour on fuch little occurrences of life as thefe , than from the more weighed and im- portant actions , where a man is more ...
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... means of gratifying our paffions , as we have done ; -yet what appearance is there amongst us , that it is fo ? — What one fashionable folly or extra- vagance has been checked by it ? Is not there the fame luxury and epicurifm of ...
... means of gratifying our paffions , as we have done ; -yet what appearance is there amongst us , that it is fo ? — What one fashionable folly or extra- vagance has been checked by it ? Is not there the fame luxury and epicurifm of ...
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... means be used to expel it , will destroy him at laft . So that , notwithstanding that final fentence of GOD is not exe- cuted speedily in exact weight and mea- fure , there is nevertheless a sentence executed , which a man's own ...
... means be used to expel it , will destroy him at laft . So that , notwithstanding that final fentence of GOD is not exe- cuted speedily in exact weight and mea- fure , there is nevertheless a sentence executed , which a man's own ...
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... means to avert , and confequently to efcape it ; -and there fore , he tells them , that he had this advantage by it , that the more he be- lieved he should be put to death , the more he was engaged by his deliverance , never to depend ...
... means to avert , and confequently to efcape it ; -and there fore , he tells them , that he had this advantage by it , that the more he be- lieved he should be put to death , the more he was engaged by his deliverance , never to depend ...
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... means by which the Author of nature intended to sweeten this jour- ney of life , and bear us up under the many fhocks and hard joftlings , which we are fure to meet with in our way . -And a man might , with as much -- reafon , muffle up ...
... means by which the Author of nature intended to sweeten this jour- ney of life , and bear us up under the many fhocks and hard joftlings , which we are fure to meet with in our way . -And a man might , with as much -- reafon , muffle up ...
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Page 83 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 82 - 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 16 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk ? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus...
Page 170 - That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of man...
Page 218 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 225 - 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 80 - For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish.
Page 98 - Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Page 60 - Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the hearts of the fons of men are fully fet in them to do evil.