The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1775 |
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... seems as evidently to have prescribed the fame laws to man , as well as all living creatures , in the first rudi- ments of which there are contained the fpecifick powers of their growth , dura- tion and extinction ; and when the evo ...
... seems as evidently to have prescribed the fame laws to man , as well as all living creatures , in the first rudi- ments of which there are contained the fpecifick powers of their growth , dura- tion and extinction ; and when the evo ...
Page 108
... seems to be duty , to fix a diftinction betwixt the good and the bad , -to let their actions speak it inftead of their words , or at least to let them both speak one language . We all of us talk fo loud against vicious characters , and ...
... seems to be duty , to fix a diftinction betwixt the good and the bad , -to let their actions speak it inftead of their words , or at least to let them both speak one language . We all of us talk fo loud against vicious characters , and ...
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Laurence Sterne. moderation and forbearance , which it fets before us . It seems strange at firft fight , that after the fons of Jacob had fallen into Jofeph's power , when they were forced by the foreness of the famine to go down into ...
Laurence Sterne. moderation and forbearance , which it fets before us . It seems strange at firft fight , that after the fons of Jacob had fallen into Jofeph's power , when they were forced by the foreness of the famine to go down into ...
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... seem strange at first fight , that as her ftation and condition of life was such , that she appeared rather to have abounded already than stood in want of any thing in this world which fuch an application could fupply , -why the prophet ...
... seem strange at first fight , that as her ftation and condition of life was such , that she appeared rather to have abounded already than stood in want of any thing in this world which fuch an application could fupply , -why the prophet ...
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... seem an improbable conjecture , that the words imply fomething ftill different from what is expreffed in either of them , -- and instead of supposing them as an incite- ment to blaspheme God , -which was madness or that they were ...
... seem an improbable conjecture , that the words imply fomething ftill different from what is expreffed in either of them , -- and instead of supposing them as an incite- ment to blaspheme God , -which was madness or that they were ...
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Page 96 - 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.
Page 27 - 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 55 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 149 - 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 135 - Cowards have done good and kind actions ; — -cowards have even fought, — nay, sometimes even conquered; — but a coward never forgave! — It is not in his nature ; — the power of doing it flows only from a strength and greatness of soul, conscious of its own force and security, and above the little temptations of resenting every fruitless attempt to interrupt its happiness.
Page 95 - Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter ? Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive berries ? either a vine, figs ? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
Page 130 - So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee, now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.
Page 78 - Consider how great a part of our species, in all ages down to this, have been trod under the feet of cruel and capricious tyrants, who would neither hear their cries nor pity their distresses. Consider slavery — what it is — how bitter a draught — and how many millions are made to drink of it.
Page 216 - ... there is scarce any lot so low, but there is something in it to satisfy the man whom it has befallen ; Providence having so ordered things, that in every man's cup, how bitter soever, there are some cordial drops, — some good circumstances, which, if wisely extracted, are sufficient for the purpose he wants them, — that is, to make him contented, and, if not happy, at least resigned.