The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... concern to us , we may furely be allowed to amufe ourselves with the na- tural or artificial beauties of the coun- try we are paffing through , without re- proach of forgetting the main errand we are fent upon ; and if we can fo order ...
... concern to us , we may furely be allowed to amufe ourselves with the na- tural or artificial beauties of the coun- try we are paffing through , without re- proach of forgetting the main errand we are fent upon ; and if we can fo order ...
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... concern . cornicia this tricadly part of our na- ture without looking farther , one would think it mpońɔle for man to look upon unnery without sinding himself in fome meature attached to the intereft of him who tuulers it - I av , one ...
... concern . cornicia this tricadly part of our na- ture without looking farther , one would think it mpońɔle for man to look upon unnery without sinding himself in fome meature attached to the intereft of him who tuulers it - I av , one ...
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... concerned , and that the mind was alto- gether paffive in the fympathy which her own goodness has excited . The truth is -the foul is generally in fuch cases fo bufily taken up and wholly engroffed by the object of pity , that he does ...
... concerned , and that the mind was alto- gether paffive in the fympathy which her own goodness has excited . The truth is -the foul is generally in fuch cases fo bufily taken up and wholly engroffed by the object of pity , that he does ...
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... concern . fhould leffen when I reflect on the re- " lations in which we ftand to each other that he is a Jew , and I a Samaritan . « But are we not still both men ; " partakers of the fame nature - and " fubject to the fame evils ? -let ...
... concern . fhould leffen when I reflect on the re- " lations in which we ftand to each other that he is a Jew , and I a Samaritan . « But are we not still both men ; " partakers of the fame nature - and " fubject to the fame evils ? -let ...
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... concerned , and that the mind was alto- gether paffive in the fympathy which her " as excited . The truth is Own th bufi the te erally in fuch cafes fo d wholly engroffed by that he does not at- LOD ons , or take lei- les upon which ...
... concerned , and that the mind was alto- gether paffive in the fympathy which her " as excited . The truth is Own th bufi the te erally in fuch cafes fo d wholly engroffed by that he does not at- LOD ons , or take lei- les upon which ...
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Page 19 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 1 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Page 23 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 8 - Ambition takes him by the hand and carries him into the world, shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, — points out the many ways of advancing his fortune and...
Page 158 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 47 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 61 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 46 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.