The Sermons of Mr. YorickR. and J. Dodsley, 1760 - 238 pages |
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... Talbot , Efq ; Prod best homed n Hon . Henry Talbot , Efq ; not k Sir John Turner Richard Tidfwel !, Efq ; John Tims , Efq ; James Lewis Torin , Esq ; } nomor 20 Jofeph Jofeph Treves , Efq ; John Tuff , Efq ; SUBSCRIBERS .
... Talbot , Efq ; Prod best homed n Hon . Henry Talbot , Efq ; not k Sir John Turner Richard Tidfwel !, Efq ; John Tims , Efq ; James Lewis Torin , Esq ; } nomor 20 Jofeph Jofeph Treves , Efq ; John Tuff , Efq ; SUBSCRIBERS .
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... best lec- tures that have been read upon the vanity of the world , fo feldom ftop a man in the pursuit of the object of his defire , or give him half the conviction , that the poffeffion of it will , and what the expe- rience of his own ...
... best lec- tures that have been read upon the vanity of the world , fo feldom ftop a man in the pursuit of the object of his defire , or give him half the conviction , that the poffeffion of it will , and what the expe- rience of his own ...
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... Best of Beings fend us into the world for this end to go weeping through it , -to vex and frorten a life fhort and vexatious enough already ? do you think my good preacher , that he who is infinitely happy , can envy us our enjoyments ...
... Best of Beings fend us into the world for this end to go weeping through it , -to vex and frorten a life fhort and vexatious enough already ? do you think my good preacher , that he who is infinitely happy , can envy us our enjoyments ...
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... expofe it to fo unequal a chance , where the best he can hope is to return safe with what treafure he carried out but where pro- bably , he may be fo unfortunate as to - lofe lofe it all be loft himself , and undone for 38 SERMON II .
... expofe it to fo unequal a chance , where the best he can hope is to return safe with what treafure he carried out but where pro- bably , he may be fo unfortunate as to - lofe lofe it all be loft himself , and undone for 38 SERMON II .
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... best serve only to gratify an impertinent humour- he immediately retorts the queftion up- on the man who afked it , and unavoid- ably puts him upon the neceffity of an- fwering himself ; and as in the , prefent cafe , the particular ...
... best serve only to gratify an impertinent humour- he immediately retorts the queftion up- on the man who afked it , and unavoid- ably puts him upon the neceffity of an- fwering himself ; and as in the , prefent cafe , the particular ...
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Page 88 - 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 88 - 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 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 103 - 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 24 - 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 5 - 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 120 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 127 - I pray thee let this child's soul come into him again; and. the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived: and Elijah took the 28 child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth...
Page 1 - Who will show us any good ? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.